occurs when blood flow through a coronary artery becomes suddenly blocked, damaging heart muscle.
**Heart failure** means the heart cannot pump blood effectively enough to meet the body’s needs.
A heart attack can damage the heart enough to contribute to heart failure later, but heart failure can also result from other conditions such as:
* Long-standing high blood pressure
* Coronary artery disease
* Cardiomyopathy
* Heart-valve disease
* Abnormal heart rhythms
## Who Is at Greater Risk?
The likelihood of heart failure increases with certain conditions and risk factors.
These include:
* High blood pressure
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