Heart failure, also known as Congestive Heart Failure, happens when the heart stops pumping as effectively and doesn’t deliver an adequate amount of oxygen and nutrients to meet the body’s needs. It can be classified as either left, right sided, or both, and may or may not cause pulmonary congestion. Hypertension, Coronary Artery disease, and valvular disease often result in heart failure. Often times, symptoms of heart failure such as shortness of breath, edema, and fatigue show up later. Heart dysfunction usually occurs, before these symptoms. Left sided and right sided both cause different symptoms. Fluid buildup in the lungs often occurs in the left sided heart failure and symptoms typically include shortness of breath, cough, lung crackles,
