Causes of Heart Failure
There are many causes of heart failure; you
can develop heart failure if you had or
currently have a medical condition which
weakened your heart. In United States the
most common reason for heart failure is
coronary artery disease, a disease in which
plaque builds up inside the arteries that
supply your heart with oxygen- rich blood.
Other common causes are1:
Heart attack
High blood pressure
Congenital heart defects
Lung conditions