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# Heart failure

Therapeutic area

Cardiology

Rare disease

No

## Definition and classification

**Definition**

Inability of the heart to pump blood at an adequate rate to meet tissue metabolic requirements. Clinical symptoms of heart failure include: unusual dyspnea on light exertion, recurrent dyspnea occurring in the supine position, fluid retention or rales, jugular venous distension, pulmonary edema on physical exam, or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray presumed to be cardiac dysfunction.

**Genetic basis**

No

**Non-human condition**

No

**Rare disease**

No

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Condition name**

Heart failure

**Therapeutic area**

Cardiology

### Alternative names (6)

- heart failure
- cardiac failure
- cardiac insufficiency
- failure, heart
- heart failure
- insufficiency, Cardiac

## Clinical profile

**All therapeutic areas**

- Cardiology

**Severity**

Severe

## Identifiers

**MONDO ID**

MONDO:0005252

Source: [monarchinitiative.org](https://monarchinitiative.org/MONDO:0005252)

**Parent condition**

MONDO:0005267

## Related records

### Broader conditions (5)

- [Cardiovascular disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/cardiovascular-disorder-362e433e-88a4-575f-90af-50fe7239dec0.md)
- Disease
- Disease by body system or component
- Heart disorder
- Human disease

### Narrower conditions (16)

- Acute cor pulmonale
- Advanced heart failure
- Cardio-renal syndrome
- Chronic pulmonary heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Cor pulmonale
- [Diastolic heart failure](https://trialight.com/data/condition/diastolic-heart-failure-b3fbecba-f0d5-5a66-ac3b-8843d29791ea.md)
- High output heart failure
- Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Kyphoscoliotic heart disease
- Left ventricular failure
- Mild heart failure
- Moderate heart failure
- Rheumatic congestive heart failure
- Symptomatic heart failure
- Systolic heart failure

### Trials (5,545)

- : Vascular Function in Health and Disease
- " Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Empagliflozin and Sacubitril/Valsartan for CHF With Reduced Ejection Fraction in ACHD "
- "A Nurse-led Motivational Interviewing Tailored Intervention for Improving Self Care Behaviours and Health Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients in Oman
- "ALOFT - Aliskiren Observation of Heart Failure Treatment": Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren Added on Top of Standard Therapy in Adults (≥ 18 Years) With Stable Heart Failure
- "De Novo" Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure: Incidence; Predictors and Relevance.
- "ESTIMATION Study" for Endocardial Mesenchymal Stem Cells Implantation in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
- "HerzCheck" - Detection of Early Heart Failure Using Telemedicine in Structurally Weak Regions
- "Hub and Satellite" Heart Failure Provider's Network Study
- "The Effect of Sleep Hygiene Training Given to Heart Failure Patients on Their HospitalAcquired Insomnia Level"
- 1 Year Post Discharge Prognostic Model From the National Heart Failure Audit (NHFA)
- 123-I mIBG (AdreView) Heart-to-Mediastinal (H/M) Ratio and SPECT Imaging on a Small Field of View-High Efficiency Cardiac SPECT System
- 123I-mIBG SPECT Imaging
- 18F-mFBG Imaging for Myocardial Sympathetic Innervation
- 3/7 Resistance Training Method in Cardiac Rehabilitation
- 30 Days and 90 Days Heart Failure Re-Admission at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
- 3D Assessment of RV Function in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation
- ⁶⁸Ga-FAPI PET/CT for Cardiac Fibrosis in Heart Failure
- A CALIBER Study: Risk Factors for Stroke, Heart Failure, and Myocardial Infarction in Atrial Fibrillation
- A Clinical Follow-up Study of Heart Failure Patients.
- A Clinical Study Assessing the Potential of Piboserod for the Treatment of Heart Failure

### Approved drugs (42)

- Acetazolamide
- [Alteplase](https://trialight.com/data/asset/alteplase-89461f67-4f40-4a00-ae4c-727752018887.md)
- Amlodipine besylate
- Atorvastatin calcium
- Bumetanide
- Candesartan cilexetil
- Captopril
- Carvedilol
- Chlorothiazide
- Chlorthalidone
- Conivaptan hydrochloride
- [Dapagliflozin](https://trialight.com/data/asset/dapagliflozin-894f296e-52de-4036-ac69-f399eea07356.md)
- Dapagliflozin propanediol
- [Digoxin](https://trialight.com/data/asset/digoxin-9928e38a-813e-4948-9d65-9088ba40a442.md)
- [Doxorubicin hydrochloride](https://trialight.com/data/asset/doxorubicin-hydrochloride-2e3493ba-9766-475e-aa7d-f2debf111de5.md)
- [Empagliflozin](https://trialight.com/data/asset/empagliflozin-09301932-ac0f-4eb7-8d1d-bd13fdbb6ab8.md)
- Enalapril maleate
- Eplerenone
- Fosinopril sodium
- Furosemide

### Drugs in development (194)

- Acipimox Phase 2
- Aladorian Phase 2
- Alagebrium chloride Phase 2
- Albuterol Phase 3
- Aliskiren Phase 3
- Allopurinol Phase 2
- Alprostadil Phase 3
- Amiodarone Phase 3
- Amiodarone hydrochloride Phase 3
- [Amlodipine](https://trialight.com/data/asset/amlodipine-b06f8f1a-f55d-4a6b-b513-c6443387d4ae.md) Phase 3
- [Anakinra](https://trialight.com/data/asset/anakinra-2c0352ee-cb20-46c5-bd87-6350d9024e75.md) Phase 2
- [Apixaban](https://trialight.com/data/asset/apixaban-9e91f03a-6eac-4da8-9f08-88d740399be5.md) Phase 2
- Arginine Phase 3
- Ascorbic acid Phase 3
- [Aspirin](https://trialight.com/data/asset/aspirin-03870fc6-137e-47aa-9f14-b7ae6754fb15.md) Phase 3
- Atenolol Phase 3
- Atorvastatin Phase 2
- AVE8134 Phase 2
- [Balcinrenone](https://trialight.com/data/asset/balcinrenone-039aff61-faf5-4267-bfc5-f89dce767007.md) Phase 1
- [Baxdrostat](https://trialight.com/data/asset/baxdrostat-a2e43871-8326-4540-9aa3-5a6511c12d97.md) Phase 3

### Other linked drugs (21)

- Aldosterone
- Apelin
- Deslanoside
- Digitoxin
- Dopexamine
- Edoxaban
- Etomoxir
- Fentanyl
- Genistein
- GLP-1
- Ilepatril
- Lidocaine
- Olprinone
- Oseltamivir
- Oxypurinol
- Paricalcitol
- Phenylephrine
- Pramipexole dihydrochloride
- Prinoxodan
- Terbutaline

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