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Congestive Heart Failure. Basic Definition. Heart failure is a medical term that describes an inability of the heart to keep up its work load of pumping blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body.. http://danilhammoudimd_1.tripod.com/cardio1/id57.htm. Statistic. It is estimated that as many as two million Americans suffer from congestive heart failure and that up to 29, 000 die annually from this chronic disorder.Cannobio, Mary. Cardiovascular Disorders. Missouri: C.V. Mosby9448
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