Talk to a healthcare professional if you or a family member have any of the potential signs of heart failure or conditions that may cause heart failure.

Your doctor will order tests and procedures to help determine the nature of the problem with the heart's larger lower chambers, the ventricles. These chambers may have lost some of their power to pump blood to the body or relax and fill with blood. The doctor uses your test results to determine whether you have heart failure, the degree of severity, and what treatments would be most effective.



This content is reviewed regularly. Last updated 04/10/09.