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- Congestive heart failure.
- Left-side heart failure. This is when the heart can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body.
- Right-side heart failure. This is when the heart can't fill with enough blood.
- Cor pulmonale. This term refers to right-side heart failure caused by high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle (lower right heart chamber).
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Updated: June 22, 2015