Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Heart Failure

Definition:  Inability of the heart to pump blood at an adequate rate to meet tissue metabolic requirements. Clinical symptoms of heart failure include: unusual dyspnea on light exertion, recurrent dyspnea occurring in the supine position, fluid retention or rales, jugular venous distension, pulmonary edema on physical exam, or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray presumed to be cardiac dysfunction.

ACC/AHA Definition:  A clinical condition in which the function of the heart is inadequate to meet the metabolic needs of the body.

CTCAE Definition:  A disorder characterized by the inability of the heart to pump blood at an adequate volume to meet tissue metabolic requirements, or, the ability to do so only at an elevation in the filling pressure.

NICHD Definition:  Inability of the heart to meet tissue metabolic requirements.

Label:  Heart Failure

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C50577 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C4227568  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Cardiac Failure

Heart failure

Heart Failure

Heart failure, unspecified

HF

External Source Codes: 

UMLS CUI

C4227568

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
code	C50577
Contributing_Source	ACC/AHA
Contributing_Source	CTCAE
Contributing_Source	FDA
Contributing_Source	mCode
Contributing_Source	MedDRA
Contributing_Source	NICHD
Contributing_Source	PCDC
FDA_Table	Patient Code (Appendix B)
Legacy Concept Name	Heart_Failure
Maps_To	Heart failure
	Target_Terminology: MedDRA       Target_Terminology_Version: 18.1       Relationship_to_Target: Has Synonym       Target_Term_Type: LLT       Target_Code: 10019279
Semantic_Type	Disease or Syndrome

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

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