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Congestive Heart Failure Stages & Life Expectancy

4 Stages of Congestive Heart Failure

Stage 1

Stage 1 of congestive heart failure is also called pre-congestive heart failure. During this period, you might not have any obvious symptoms of the condition when doing some physical activities. However, your doctor would notice some minor weaknesses in your heart, but they do not significantly affect overall activities. Early diagnosis in this stage would help you manage the symptoms and make sure preventive measures through heart medications, monitoring, or lifestyle changes. This is important to improve overall life expectancy and outlook in the long run. [4]