What Causes Heart Failure?

Conditions that damage or overwork the heart muscle can cause heart failure. Over time, the heart will weaken and become unable to fill with and/or pump blood as well as it should.

There are multiple causes for the development of heart failure. Some of the most common include:

• Coronary artery disease
• Heart attack history
• Heart valve disease
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Other heart conditions or diseases

For more information about causes associated with heart failure, see the "Causes" and "Risk Factors" sections of Heart Failure.

Another excellent resource is Heart Failure, published by Mayo Clinic.

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Source: From Heart Failure, published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2019