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In this free all-in-one learning tool, you can learn to navigate living with heart failure and take actions to improve quality of life. Start today to learn the symptoms and stages of heart failure, understand how medications, treatments and lifestyle can impact the condition and more. Explore on your own time and download free resources along ...
Heart failure is the result of many diseases affecting the heart, but is most commonly associated with ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, or high blood pressure. Less common causes include various cardiomyopathies .
Heart disease is the biggest killer of both men and women in the United States, England, Wales, and Canada. For example, heart disease causes 4 out of every 10 deaths in the United States. This is more than all kinds of cancer put together. Also, one person dies of heart disease about every minute in the United States alone.
Dr. Steven Jones. Congestive heart failure (also called heart failure) is a serious condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as efficiently as it should. Despite its name, heart failure doesn’t mean that the heart has literally failed or is about to stop working. Rather, it means that the heart muscle has become less able to contract ...
Nov 5, 2023 · Congestive heart failure (CHF), as defined by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), is "a complex clinical syndrome that results from any structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood.” Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and also the leading cause of CHF. CHF is a common disorder ...
Apr 20, 2023 · Complications of heart failure depend on your age, overall health and the severity of heart disease. They may include: Kidney damage or failure. Heart failure can reduce the blood flow to the kidneys. Untreated, this can cause kidney failure. Kidney damage from heart failure can require dialysis for treatment. Other heart problems.
Stage B (pre-heart failure) means your left ventricle isn’t working well and/or is structurally abnormal but you’ve never had symptoms of heart failure. Stage C. People with Stage C heart failure have a congestive heart failure diagnosis and currently have or previously had signs and symptoms of the condition.
