Congestive heart failure HP:0001635 The presence of an abnormality of cardiac function that is responsible for the failure of the heart to pump blood at a rate that is commensurate with the needs of the tissues or a state in which abnormally elevated filling pressures are required for the heart to do so. Heart failure is frequently related to a defect in myocardial contraction. CHF HP:0006686 UMLS:C0018801 human_phenotype Cardiac failures UMLS:C0018802 SNOMEDCT_US:42343007 Heart failure MSH:D006333 Cardiac insufficiency SNOMEDCT_US:84114007 Chronic heart failure Cardiac failure Abnormal cardiovascular system physiology