High blood pressure causes your heart's walls to thicken, which increases your risk of congestive heart failure (CHF). Coronary artery disease decreases blood flow and can weaken your heart over time.

Cardiomyopathy weakens, enlarges, or stiffens the heart muscle. Heart failure is when the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body, resulting in symptoms. Cardiomyopathy is one of the ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) and kidney disease share a two-way relationship. CHF reduces blood flow to the kidneys, while kidney disease can increase blood pressure and strain the heart. Treatment ...

Diastolic heart failure means there’s a problem with your heart’s ability to fill with blood. It’s a type of congestive heart failure where your heart cannot work efficiently, leading to fluid ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Compensated heart failure involves heart failure that causes minimal symptoms. Decompensated heart failure refers to heart failure that has progressed, leading to a worsening of symptoms. Heart ...

It’s important to protect our hearts, and we’re not talking in the metaphorical sense. The heart is the lifeblood of the body—the reason why your brain gets oxygen to think, your hands are warm enough ...

Background Heart failure (HF) remains associated with high mortality worldwide despite advances in guideline-directed therapy ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: My mother is 80 years old and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure about two years ago. In November, her left leg started to swell and is still swollen after 14 trips to the ...