Heart failure

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  1. 4. _______ of the coronary arteries is the primary cause of heart failure.
  2. 5. Swelling caused by excess fluid.
  3. 7. Natriuretic _______is diagnostic test for heart failure.
  4. 8. A cracking sound made in breathing of patients with heart failure.
  5. 9. Difficulty in breathing
  6. 10. Patients with congestive heart failure need to consume less to reduce fluid retention and the symptoms of peripheral and pulmonary congestion.
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  1. 1. Difficulty in breathing in supine position
  2. 2. Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with symptoms and signs resulting from structural or functional impairment of ventricular _____ or ejection of blood.
  3. 3. Pharmacologic therapy to remove excess extracellular fluid.
  4. 6. _______ fraction measures how well ventricle pumps blood out with each contraction.