[header] How to prevent congestive heart failure [title] Recognize the symptoms of heart failure. [step] Heart failure does not actually mean your heart is failing or about to stop working. It means your heart muscle has weakened over time and cannot receive or pump blood as well as it used to. 
This can lead to congestion or a backup of blood in the heart. As a result, not enough oxygen-rich blood will be pumped to your body's other organs.