Heart Failure

What Is Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)? This is Part 2  in the series “What Is Heart Failure?” In Part 1 , we explained what heart failure actually means - that the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. But did you know that about half of all the people with heart failure have a preserved  pumping function? So, what does that really mean? Echcardiography of a heart with HFpEF When the heart pumps normally - but still fails When

Heart failure is a common but often misunderstood condition. Many people think it means the heart has “stopped,” but that’s not the case. Heart failure means the heart is pumping less efficiently than before, and it can affect anyone, often without obvious symptoms in the early stages. Heart failure sounds dramatic — but it doesn’t mean that the heart has “stopped.”It means that the heart is not able to pump enough blood  to meet the body’s needs, either because the pumping f