Failure of adequate output by the left ventricle despite an increase in distending pressure and in end-diastolic volume, with dyspnea, orthopnea, and other signs and symptoms of pulmonary congestion and edema.
Also applicable to/known as
Acute edema of lung with heart disease NOS or heart failure
Acute pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS or heart failure
Cardiac asthma
Left ventricular failure
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 428.1
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 428.1
428.1
