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Heart failure is the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition is diagnosed with echocardiography and blood tests. Treatment commonly consists of lifestyle measures (such as smoking cessation, light exercise, decreased salt intake and other dietary changes) and medications, and sometimes devices or even surgery.
Common causes of heart failure include myocardial infarction and other forms of ischemic heart disease, hypertension, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathy.
Heart failure is a common, costly, disabling, and potentially deadly condition. In developed countries, around 2% of adults suffer from heart failure, but in those over the age of 65, this increases to 6–10%.
2. Answer the questions to the text:
1. What is heart failure? 2. What is the condition is diagnosed with? 3. What do common causes of heart failure include? 4. How many adults suffer from heart failure? 5. What does treatment commonly consists of?
3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
серцева недостатність; задишка; зміни в харчуванні; типові причини серцевого нападу; захворювання серцевих клапанів; зменшення вживання солі.
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