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Disease Information for Congestive heart failure (Disease Mechanism & Classification)

Synonyms:

cardiac decompensation, Cardiac Failure Congestive, Cardiac failure, congestive, CCF, CCF Congestive cardiac fail, CCF Congestive cardiac failure, chf, CHF Congestive heart failure, Congestive cardiac fail, congestive cardiac failure, congestive heart, Congestive heart disease, congestive heart failure, Congestive heart failure (disorder), Congestive heart failure, unspecified, Congetive cardiac failure, DECOMPENSATION CARDIAC, decompensation heart, Decompensation, Heart, Failure congestive cardiac, Failure heart congestive, failure heart, congestive, Failure, Congestive Heart, heart congestive, Heart Decompensation, heart disease, congestive, heart failure congestive, HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE

Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.

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  • Disease Mechanism & Classification

    • Class
      • CLASS/Cardiovascular (category)
      • CLASS/Heart disorder (ex)
      • CLASS/Myocardial involvement/disorder (ex)
    • Pathophysiology
      • Pathophysiology/Cytokine gene polymorphism
      • Pathophysiology/Genomic indentifiers (polymorphism/snip/mutations)
      • Pathophysiology/Neurodevelopmental disorders
      • Pathophysiology/Abnormal sodium distribution (excess)
      • Pathophysiology/Biventricular congestive heart failure
      • Pathophysiology/Blood volume/increase/high
      • Pathophysiology/Central venous pressure increased
      • Pathophysiology/Excess circulatory volume status
      • Pathophysiology/High cardiac filling pressures/venous return
      • Pathophysiology/High end-diastolic pressures (ex)
      • Pathophysiology/High extracellular fluid volume
      • Pathophysiology/Increase venous return/volume overload
      • Pathophysiology/Low cardiac output
      • Pathophysiology/Perfusion defect/systemic
      • Pathophysiology/Right ventricular enlargement/physiology
      • Pathophysiology/Volume redistribution
      • Pathophysiology/Aldosterone excess status
      • Pathophysiology/Mesenteric Ischemia Non-Occlusive
      • Pathophysiology/Glissons capsule stretch/acute pain
      • Pathophysiology/Plasma bilirubin cell uptake failure
      • Pathophysiology/CSF Pressure Increased
      • Pathophysiology/Alveolar consolidation
      • Pathophysiology/Non-infectious alveolar consolidation
      • Pathophysiology/Pulmonary postcapillary hypertension
      • Pathophysiology/Respiratory Alkalosis and Hypoxia
      • Pathophysiology/Salt/water retention, renal
    • Process
      • PROCESS/Complicating disorder (ex)
      • PROCESS/Complication/primary failed organ/system (ex)
      • PROCESS/Reference organ/system (category)
      • PROCESS/Vegetative-Autonomic/Endocrine (category)

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