Best Doctors for Heart Failure Treatment in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Heart failure is otherwise called as congestive heart failure. It is a chronic/long-term heart condition where the heart fails to carry-out the regular functions. It has difficulty to pump the required blood to all body parts (systolic) and/or to fill the chambers sufficiently (diastolic). In most heart failure cases, the function of the heart is decreased significantly causing the pooling of blood in the legs, feet or abdomen. Heart failure is characterized by breathing difficulty, shortness of breath at night, heart palpitations, chronic dry cough, weight gain, appetite changes, and fatigue. It is caused by diabetes, hypertension, congenital heart diseases, kidney diseases and chronic alcohol/tobacco use. It can be managed by dietary modifications like reduced salt and meat intake, using prescribed medications and attempting placement of defibrillator or cardiac pacemakers in severe cases.