heart failure

Also known as HF, congestive heart failure, congestive cardiac failure, cardiac failure, CF, cardiac insufficiency, Cardiovascular insufficiency

failure of the heart to provide sufficient blood flow

AI overview

Heart failure occurs when the heart becomes too weak or stiff to pump enough blood throughout the body to meet its needs. This matters because without adequate blood flow, organs and tissues don't receive enough oxygen and nutrients, which can cause serious health problems.

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Research

375,083 papers

Clinical epidemiology of heart failure.ReviewHeart (British Cardiac Society) · 2007Mosterd A, Hoes AWDOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.025270
Heart Failure: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Medical Treatment Guidelines, and Nursing Management.ReviewThe Nursing clinics of North America · 2015Rogers C, Bush NDOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2015.07.012
Acute Heart Failure: Definition, Classification and Epidemiology.ReviewCurrent heart failure reports · 2017Kurmani S, Squire IDOI: 10.1007/s11897-017-0351-y
The Many Faces of Heart Failure.ReviewCardiac electrophysiology clinics · 2019Snipelisky D, Chaudhry SP, Stewart GCDOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2018.11.001
Heart Failure.JAMA · 2020Baman JR, Ahmad FSDOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.13310
[Introduction: Heart failure].Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique · 2024Wyss CDOI: 10.23785/TU.2024.02.001
Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Heart Failure.ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics · 2023Mille F, Burstein DDOI: 10.1007/s12098-022-04433-4
Hypertension and Heart Failure: Prevention, Targets, and Treatment.ReviewHeart failure clinics · 2020Di Palo KE, Barone NJDOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2019.09.001

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Commons category: Heart failure
ICPC 2 ID: K77
WordLift URL: data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/heart_failure
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000292
NCI Thesaurus ID: C50577
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Article

Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.

Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, and bilateral leg swelling. The severity of the heart failure is mainly decided based on ejection fraction and also measured by the severity of symptoms. Other conditions that have symptoms similar to heart failure include obesity, kidney failure, liver disease, anemia, and thyroid disease.