Tag: heart failure
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What Is Heart Failure?
Heart failure (also known as chronic or congestive heart failure) is a condition in which your heart isn’t pumping all the blood your body needs. Heart failure does not mean your heart has stopped functioning or will stop at any moment. It means your heart isn’t working as it should. While heart failure is not…
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Three Heart Attacks Later, I’m Lucky to be Alive
By Delilah Castillo-Nosek Little did I know that my life was about to change in June 2004. On the evening of June 26, I went to bed. Throughout the night, I experienced heartburn (so I thought). I took Pepto-Bismol, but I continued to have discomfort. I could not figure out what was wrong. I…