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    Heart Failure
    • Overview of Heart Failure
      • Types of heart failure
      • The Body's Response to Heart Failure
        • Hormonal responses
        • Kidney responses
        • Enlargement of the heart
    • Heart Failure (HF)
      • Causes
        • Cardiac causes of heart failure
        • Non-cardiac causes of heart failure
      • Symptoms
        • Right-sided heart failure symptoms
        • Left-sided heart failure symptoms
        • Symptoms of severe heart failure
      • Diagnosis
        • Chest x-ray
        • Electrocardiography
        • Echocardiography
        • Blood tests
        • Other tests
      • Treatment
        • Stabilization and treatment of acute heart failure
        • General measures for chronic heart failure
        • Treatment of the cause
        • Lifestyle changes
        • Medications for chronic heart failure
        • Other measures for acute and chronic heart failure
        • End-of-life issues
      • Prevention
      • More Information
    • Right Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
      • How cor pulmonale develops
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
    • Heart Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Procedure
      • Complications
        • Rejection
        • Transplant-related atherosclerosis
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