History of taking drugs that can damage your heart muscle, such as some cancer drugs.It means you’re at high risk of developing heart failure because you have a family history of heart failure or you have one or more of these medical conditions: The stages range from "high risk of developing heart failure" to "advanced heart failure." Stage A There are four heart failure stages (Stage A, B, C and D). Heart failure is a chronic condition that gets worse with time. Some of the complications from heart failure include: What are the complications of heart failure? This causes an accumulation in other parts of your body, most commonly in your lungs and lower extremities (feet/legs). This is a state in which your heart hasn’t been able to handle the blood volume. Other causes include certain lung problems and issues in other organs. Left-sided heart failure is the most common cause of this. Heart failure can also affect the right side of your heart. Because there's less blood in your ventricles, your heart pumps out less blood to the rest of your body when it contracts. Because of this, your ventricles can't relax properly and fill up all the way. Your heart contracts and pumps normally, but the bottom chambers of your heart (ventricles) are thicker and stiffer than normal. Heart failure with preserved left ventricular function (HF-pEF) The lower left chamber of your heart (left ventricle) gets bigger and cannot squeeze (contract) hard enough to pump the right amount of oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your body. Heart failure with reduced left ventricular function (HF-rEF) There are many causes of heart failure, but the condition is generally broken down into these types: Left-sided heart failure Heart failure (congestive heart failure) is the leading cause of hospitalization in people older than 65. How common is heart failure?Īlmost six million Americans have heart failure, and more than 870,000 people are diagnosed with heart failure each year. When your heart has less pumping power, that can damage your organs and fluid can collect in your lungs. Although the name sounds like your heart has stopped working, heart failure means your heart isn’t able to pump blood as well as it should. Heart failure, or congestive heart failure, is a long-term condition that gets worse over time.
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