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http://www.hfsa.org/journal.asp

Medical dictionaries: Medical dictionary, Medical malpractice dictionary, Medical Acronymns/Abbreviations
Cardiac failure: Another name for Heart failure.
Cardiac failure (condition): Slow failure of the heart (cardiac insufficiency).
Cardiac failure (condition): Heart failure describes when the heart is having difficulty completing its work. The term is not the same as heart attack or cardiac arrest, when the heart may stop; heart failure involves a gradual failing of the heart.

The most common term. Not necessarily congestive.

Insuficiencia Cardiaca Congestiva (Congestive Heart Failure) - [ Translate this page ]
... La insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva es una condición en la que el ...
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Women's Health Advisor 2004.2: Insuficiencia cardíaca (Heart Failure) - [ Translate this page ]
... La insuficiencia cardíaca se produce cuando el músculo del corazón no puede
... La insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva es una de las causas más comúnes de ...
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insuficiencia f insufficiency
Med insuficiencia renal/respiratoria, kidney/respiratory failure

- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe

Main Entry: cardiac failure Pronunciation Guide
Function: noun
: HEART FAILURE

Main Entry: heart failure Pronunciation Guide
Function: noun
1 : a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume -- see CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, CORONARY FAILURE
2 : cessation of the heartbeat : DEATH
3 : a sudden feeling of faintness (as at a surprise or sudden shock)

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The Cardiac Insufficiency Hypothesis, ME Society of America
Cardiac Hypothesis, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society of America.
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The Dr. Rath Health Foundation
... Millions of people with cardiac insufficiency will suffer devastating consequences
if ... for cardiac insufficiency patients is a heart transplant. ...
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[PDF] Background Information
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... Cardiac insufficiency is one of the best investigated illnesses. ... around the
world suffer from cardiac insufficiency. Approx. ...
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[PDF] Treatment of chronic cardiac insufficiency with betablockers ...
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... Moreover, the prognosis of cardiac insufficiency NYHA class ... creased efforts
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My feeling is that for a questionnaire, they will prefer a correct and widely used term that is less alarming than \"failure\", which may be popular among doctors but not among patients.