congestive heart failure (chf)
1congestive heart failure — n heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation compare CORONARY FAILURE * * * (CHF) a clinical syndrome… …
2Heart failure — Classification and external resources The major signs and symptoms of heart failure. ICD 10 I5 …
3congestive heart failure — condition in which the heart does not pump properly and causes an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, CHF (Medicine) …
4Management of heart failure — requires a muitimodal approach. It involves a combination of lifestyle modifications, medications, and possibly the use of devices or surgery. Contents 1 Diet and lifestyle measures 1.1 Fluid restriction 2 Pharmacological management …
5Heart sounds — Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). The location of best auscultation for each heart valve are labeled with M , T , A , and P . First heart sound: caused by atrioventricular …
6CHF — Congestive Heart Failure (Medical » Oncology) Congestive Heart Failure (Medical » Physiology) * Critical Heat Flux (Academic & Science » Electronics) * Children s Hunger Fund (Community » Non Profit Organizations) * Child Health Foundation… …
7CHF — (congestive heart failure) condition in which the heart does not pump properly and causes an accumulation of fluid in the lungs (Medicine) …
8CHF — can mean: *The Swiss franc s currency code *Canadian Hunger Foundation *Centre half forward *Chicago Humanities Festival *Congestive heart failure *Critical heat flux *Cryptographic hash function *CHF International …
9CHF-IES — Congestive Heart Failure Italian Epidemiological Study …
10CHF-STAT — Congestive Heart Failure Survival Trial of Antiarrhythmic Therapy …
