PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Single most important modifiable risk factor
The incidence of heart failure is greater with higher levels of blood pressure, older age, and longer duration of hypertension.
SYMPTOMS OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
- Shortness of Breath at rest or on exertion
- Less exercise capacity
- Shortness of breath when laying flat
- Waking up short of breath at night
- Swelling in the legs
- Fluid accumulation in the belly
- Some men can have fluid build up in the scrotum
