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Match each of the following definitions associated with heart disease and heart failure to the term that it defines.
1. Congestive heart failure
2. Infarction
3. Ischemia
4. Angina
An inadequate blood supply that decreases availability of oxygen.
Chest pain caused by inadequate supply of oxygen to heart myocardium.
An area of tissue death that occurs due to lack of oxygen.
A left ventricular dysfunction resulting from aging, hypertension, atherosclerosis or muscle damage from an AMI or repeated AMIs.
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