The Clínica Universidad de Navarra and the CIMAin partnership with the Navarra Hospital Complex, have celebrated Heart Failure (HF) Awareness Week under the slogan "A challenge for the whole of society". Today, group professionals participated in an information table aimed at patients on the relevance of this pathology, where they also carried out blood pressure control tests.

HF is a clinical condition characterized by the failure of the heart to supply the rest of the body with the amount of blood necessary for the normal functioning of all its organs. As a result, HF patients have, among other symptoms, shortness of breath, tiredness and swelling in the ankles and legs. As HF progresses, the risk of requiring urgent hospital admissions increases and patients' quality of life deteriorates considerably.

Reducing the incidence of HF requires the prevention of cardiovascular disease by controlling risk factors. Although notable progress has been made in recent decades in the control of arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking, much remains to be done.

• Leaflet "Heart Failure: A challenge for the whole society" (.pdf)