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[ad_1] Several risk factors can contribute to the development of heart failure. High blood pressure Consuming tobacco products, cocaine, or alcohol Diabetes Obesity Eating foods high in salt and fat Having Coronary Artery Disease Aging Symptoms of life sided and right sided heart failure: Symptoms of left-sided heart failure Imagine that you are trying to breathe through a wet sponge. That is what it can be like to breathe when you have left-sided heart failure. This is because the left ventricle of your heart is not pumping enough blood to your body, and the extra blood backs up into your lungs. This can cause a number of symptoms, including: Shortness of breath Cough Wheezing Fatigue and weakness Swelling in the legs, ankles, and feet Rapid or irregular heartbeat Symptoms of right-sided heart failure Right-sided heart failure occurs when the right ventricle of your heart is too weak to pump blood effectively to your lungs. This can cause blood to back up into other parts of you

[ad_1] According to a recent study performed by UCL researchers, wearable gadgets such as smartwatches might be used to predict a higher risk of developing heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms in later life. The peer-reviewed study, published in The European Heart Journal - Digital Health, looked at data from 83,000 people who had undergone a 15-second electrocardiogram (ECG) comparable to the kind carried out using smartwatches and phone devices. The researchers identified ECG recordings containing extra heartbeats which are usually benign but, if they occur frequently, are linked to conditions such as heart failure and arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats).  They found that people with an extra beat in this short recording (one in 25 of the total) had a twofold risk of developing heart failure or an irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) over the next 10 years. The ECG recordings analysed were from people aged 50 to 70 who had no known cardiovascular disease at the ti