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- 2. ____-spacing: When too much fluid moves from intravascular space into the interstitial space
- 5. Abbreviation for a long-term condition in which your heart can't pump blood well enough to meet your body's needs
- 9. Swelling that occurs when too much fluid is trapped in the tissues
- 10. This ventricle pumps blood to the lungs
- 11. Abbreviation for the symptom that occurs when blood backs up, and causes fluid to build up in the lungs
- 12. This ventricle connects nearly all organ systems through its function to pump oxygenated blood to the body
- 13. A common medication used for treatment of CHF
- 14. This atrium receives oxygen-poor blood
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- 1. This therapy may be used to treat CHF
- 3. A metabolic disease characterized by high blood sugar that is a CHF risk factor
- 4. These inhibitors dilate the blood vessels to improve your blood flow. This helps decrease the amount of work the heart has to do
- 6. A symptom of CHF, also described as extreme tiredness
- 7. _____ Healthy diet is recommended for all patients diagnosed with CHF
- 8. This cessation is always a recommendation
- 12. This atrium receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle