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CHF Causes

Post a new topicby contentuser on Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:41 pm

Causes of Congestive Heart Failure

Risk factors for heart disease (e.g., smoking, being overweight, eating a diet high in fat and cholesterol, living a sedentary lifestyle) also increase the risk for heart failure.


Underlying conditions that increase the risk for heart failure include the following:

Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
Abnormal heart valve(s), which may be congenital (present at birth) or caused by disease or infection (e.g., aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation)
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