Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Congestive heart failure (CHF) and heart failure are the same thing. Both terms ...

Left-sided heart failure is the most common type of heart ... even after a short amount of activity Edema—swelling in the feet, ankles and legs, abdomen, and/or chest Chest pain and/or ...

Foot edema: when heart failure shows in swollen ankles Swelling in the feet and ankles, medically termed edema, frequently signals heart failure—sometimes before other symptoms emerge.