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Introduction Congestive heart failure (CHF) develops when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body. The most common causes of CHF are high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. CHF is usually a progressive long-term condition. Many forms of CHF can be controlled with lifestyle changes, medications, and treatment of underlying medical conditions. Select…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[94,92,93],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-chf","tag-congestive","tag-congestive-heart-failure"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Introduction Congestive heart failure (CHF) develops when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body. The most common causes of CHF are high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. CHF is usually a progressive long-term condition. Many forms of CHF can be controlled with lifestyle changes, medications, and treatment of underlying medical conditions. Select…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[94,92,93],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-chf","tag-congestive","tag-congestive-heart-failure"],"yoast_head":"\n