---
url: 'https://stagehia.healthinaging.org/a-z-topic/heart-failure'
title: 'Heart Failure'
author:
  name: 'Jennifer Cross'
  url: 'https://stagehia.healthinaging.org/user/102'
date: '2018-11-06T17:01:20+00:00'
updated: '2023-02-24T16:30:48+00:00'
type: topic
summary: 'Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalizations in people over 65. It develops when your heart can’t pump enough blood to provide your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs. This is sometimes called congestive heart failure.'
tags:
  - Health
published: true
---
 Heart failure develops when a person’s heart can't pump enough blood for their body to get the oxygen and nutrition it needs.

An outdated, but still in use, name for this health condition is “congestive heart failure.”

[Basic Facts](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/basic-facts)

[Causes](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/causes)

[Symptoms](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/symptoms)

[Diagnosis & Tests](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/tests)

[Care & Treatment](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/care-treatment)

[Lifestyle & Management](/a-z-topic/heart-failure/lifestyle)