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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
[[File:Foxglove_(digitalis).png|thumb|right|Foxglove (digitalis), used as a medicine for heart failure]] | [[File:Foxglove_(digitalis).png|thumb|150px|right|Foxglove (digitalis), used as a medicine for heart failure]] | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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* Symptoms typical of heart failure | * ''Symptoms typical of heart failure'' | ||
**Breathlessness at rest or during exercise | **Breathlessness at rest or during exercise | ||
**Fatigue | **Fatigue | ||
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* Signs typical of heart failure | * ''Signs typical of heart failure'' | ||
**Tachycardia | **Tachycardia | ||
**Tachypnoea | **Tachypnoea | ||
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* Objective evidence of a structural or functional abnormality of the heart at rest | * ''Objective evidence of a structural or functional abnormality of the heart at rest'' | ||
**Cardiomegaly | **Cardiomegaly | ||
**Third heart sound | **Third heart sound | ||