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End-stage heart failure

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End-stage heart failure
Severe heart disease that does not respond adequately to medical or surgical treatment.
Mentioned in: Heart Transplantation


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Persons with end-stage heart failure usually have a prognosis of less than one year to live.
This procedure is reserved for patients with end-stage heart failure whose treatment alternatives are limited.
Each year, he notes, 400,000 people in the United States develop end-stage heart failure -- a serious weakening of the heart due to the death of some portion of cardiac muscle.
 
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