 Hello, I am Dr. Abhishek Singh, Consultant Cardiology, Manipal Hospital, Gazia Path. Today, I will be discussing with you a medical condition known as heart failure. This condition is characterized by decreased pumping capacity of the heart, leading to decreased blood supplies to the body tissues. In turn, this decreased blood supply to the body tissues leads to inadequate supplies of nutrition and oxygen to the tissues leading to various symptoms. Most common of these symptoms is shortness of breath, especially during exertions like fast walk or climbing stairs. Also, there can be fatigue, there can be weight gain, and there can be swelling in the body, especially the feets. The most common causes of this disease are coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, diabetes, hypertension, volvular heart diseases, cardiomyopathies, etc. To avoid heart failure from developing, it is very important to maintain an active healthy lifestyle and a healthy eating habits or healthy diet. By active healthy lifestyle, we mean to say a regular exercise, at least 45 minutes per day in form of walk, jogging, swimming, running, cycling, etc. By healthy diet, we mean try to avoid fried food and fast food as much as possible. Keep your diet low in oils and fats and emphasize more on protein and vegetables. If you are suffering with any of the medical conditions like diabetes or hypertension, try to maintain a good control on them to avoid developing heart failure. If a person notices any of the symptoms of heart failure in his body, he should immediately consult a doctor so that timely and adequate treatment can be initiated to prevent the disease from progressing. Thank you.