Congestive heart failure is when the heart is unable to pump effectively to meet the body s needs.
Living with heart failure.
The important word there.
Heart failure sometimes known as congestive heart failure occurs when your heart muscle doesn t pump blood as well as it should.
By making lifestyle changes you can take an active role in treating your heart failure while maintaining a productive life.
This results in symptoms such as shortness of breath fatigue ankle swelling and even a cough.
First of all heart failure is an unfortunate and inaccurate term says lynne warner stevenson md the director of the cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
Living with congestive heart failure.
Certain conditions such as narrowed arteries in your heart coronary artery disease or high blood pressure gradually leave your heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump efficiently.