Heart failure
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Ker, James A.
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Medpharm Publications
Abstract
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the performance of the ventricle: either to eject blood (systolic dysfunction) [or reduced ejection function] or to fill with blood (preserved ejection fraction or diastolic heart failure).
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Heart failure, Clinical syndrome, Structural cardiac disorder, Functional cardiac disorder, Cardiac failure, Systolic dysfunction, Reduced ejection function, Ventrical dysfunction, Preserved ejection fraction, Diastolic heart failure, Comorbidity, Outcome, NT-proBNP, Progression, Disease stages, Therapy, Mortality
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Citation
Ker, JA 2010, 'Heart failure', South African Family Practice, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 213-215. [www.safpj.co.za]