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Congestive Heart disease is a condition in whuch the heart's ability to deliver oxygenated blood to the body is inadequate to keep up with the body's needs....Congenital Heart Disease means that you were born with a malformed or defect in the heart.

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Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart is stretched beyond it's ability to pump blood. This is also called dilated Cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy is any disease of the heart muscle, or any part of the heart. CHF is a specific disease of the ventricles in the heart muscle which prevent the heart from pumping enough oxygenated blood to the body.

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Congenital heart defects are present and mostly treated from birth. The acquired defects are usually obtained through the external elements such as the environment, lifestyle, diet, stress, other illnesses, and many other factors. The difference is that congenital is present from birth, while the acquired can arise anytime in the lifespan.

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A heart attack happens when heart muscle cells do not get enough blood. Heart failure happens when the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.

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Both terms refer to the same condition.

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its because the lack of oxygen

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What is the condition known for when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs?

Im not a doctor but that sounds a lot like a heart attack.


What is the number one cause of heart problems?

Angina. Myocardial infarction. Cardiac failure. Valvular heart disease. Congenital heart disease. Cardiomyopathies.


What is the condition called when a heart artery is clogged and the heart muscle dies?

Myocardial infarction (heart attack, colloquially speaking).


How serious is a heart attack?

A heart attack is a very serious, life-threatening occurrence. A person suffering from a heart attack should seek immediate medical treatment if they believe that they are having a heart attack. Failure to do so in time or at all could lead to heart damage or even death.


Are heart attack and heart failure the same?

No. A heart attack (called a myocardial infarction, or MI) is an acute event caused by lack of oxygen and metabolic substrates to a particular part of the heart, or the entire heart in certain conditions, such as shock. Heart failure, as it is frequently called, is actually a misnomer. It refers to a relative weakness of the heart, causing its pumping action to not be as efficient as it once was. For instance, a healthy heart has a pumping efficiency (Ejection fraction = the percentage of blood in the ventricle that is pumped out with each heart beat) of about 55-60%. In "heart failure," the ejection fraction is less than this. Heart failure is frequently seen after heart attacks, but may be caused by many other conditions as well.

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What can Heart Failure lead to?

Heart Failure can lead to heart disease,heart attack and death.


What is the diffence between hart failure and an heart attack?

heart failure is when you have it , you're going to die, and heart attack, you may be able to live


What are some signs of heart failure?

There are many signs of heart failure and everyone will experience different signs. Shortness of breathe and tingling on the left arm are primary signs of a heart attack.


A heart attack is also reffered to congeative heart failure true or false?

False, a heart attack is a loss of blood to the heart. Congestive heart failure is the inability if the heart to pump enough blood for the bodys needs.


How does a heart attack damage the liver?

A heart attack itself will not directly damage your liver unless it's related to long term heart failure. If you have right-side heart failure, your liver will not be affected. If you have left-side heart failure your liver may become enlarged.


What Cardiac arrest?

Cardiac Arrest is when there is tremendous heart failure. (Heart Attack)


What year did Eisenhower have a heart attack?

He died from heart failure on 28 March 1969


What are three conditions in which a bundle branch block would appear on the ECG?

Congestive heart failure heart attack and heart failure of other origin


How did Charles Hamilton Houston die?

He died of heart failure.


What heart condition results in death?

heart failure, heart attack, and smoking, and using chewing tobacco


What is the condition known for when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs?

Im not a doctor but that sounds a lot like a heart attack.


Is david pelzers mom still alive?

No sh died of a heart attack or heart failure