You can follow a treatment plan and take medications as a doctor prescribes to manage congestive heart failure. Eat a heart-healthy diet and stay physically active to slow heart failure progression.

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Congestive heart failure and heart failure are the same and mean the heart can't pump enough blood. Heart failure can be left-sided or right-sided, affecting different parts of the heart. Different ...

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Q My husband is 74 and has congestive heart failure. He has what look like burns on his left leg. There is a lot of swelling, and his leg is leaking blood and fluid. He sees a cardiologist and has ...

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