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Heart Disease - Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure - Signs and Symptoms
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Swollen legs or ankles
- Feeling tired
- Other symptoms may include weight gain from fluid build-up or heart palpitations.
Congestive Heart Failure - Diagnosis
- BNP blood test
- Cardiac catheterization
- Chest x-ray
- Coronary angiography
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Exercise stress test (cardiac stress test)
- Holter monitor
- Nuclear heart scan
- Pharmacologic Stress Test
- Thyroid function tests
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