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Your health care provider will conduct a physical examination, which may reveal:
Heart failure patients may undergo some of the following common tests:
- An ECG may show signs of thickened heart muscle or enlarged heart chambers. The electric system of the heart and heart rhythm may not be normal.
- A chest x-ray may show enlargement of the heart and fluid accumulation in the lungs.
- An echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) and a Doppler study may show heart chambers enlargement, leaky valves, and poor pumping function.
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