Nearly 6 million Americans are living with heart failure. About 670,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year. Although there has been a dramatic increase over the last several decades in the number of people who suffer from heart failure, survival rates have greatly improved.
Coronary artery disease, heart attack, and high blood pressure are the main causes and risk factors of heart failure. Other diseases that damage or weaken the heart muscle or heart valves can also...
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Article updated and reviewed by Neil Siecke, MD, Clinical Insturctor, UCSD Division of Cardiology on July 28, 2005.Congestive heart failure (or heart... Read more »
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Doctors can often make a preliminary diagnosis of heart failure by medical history and careful physical examination.A thorough medical history may... Read more »
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CHF; Congestive heart failure; Left-sided heart failure; Right-sided heart failure - Cor pulmonale Symptoms Symptoms of heart failure... Read more »
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