What is CHF?
CHF or congestive heart failure is a condition resulting from the weakness of the heart muscle, which causes the heart to lose its pumping ability. This can occur from the result of an infarct (heart attack) of the heart muscle. Basically the heart is becoming too weak to pump the blood effectively and it is becoming tired out. Typically with CHF, fluid backs up into the lungs (known as left-sided heart failure) and the fluid may accumulate in the legs (known as right-sided heart failure). With left-sided failure, a patient can experience shortness of breath, which can significantly worsen by lying down, wheezes can be heard when breathing and the patient... (CLIPPED)