The occurrence of heart failure is usually triggered by health problems, such as:

Hypertension. Blood pressure is the power needed to pump blood throughout the body every time. If blood pressure is high, then this can cause the heart to work harder to circulate blood throughout the body and automatically the heart muscle will thicken to compensate for the increased performance. If this continues, then the heart is overburdened and is no longer strong enough to pump blood effectively. His muscles become weak or can be too stiff.

Coronary heart disease and heart attack. This condition makes the blood supply and oxygen to the heart decrease due to narrowing of the arteries by fat deposits. When the blood vessels to the heart muscle are completely blocked and the flow of oxygen to all parts of the heart becomes severed, a heart attack occurs. A heart attack can make the heart pump weaken or even cause permanent damage to the heart muscle wall.

Cardiomyopathy or damage to the heart muscle. There are several factors that can increase a person's risk of having cardiomyopathy, including genetic or hereditary, use of chemotherapy drugs, drug abuse, alcoholism, and infection.

Myocarditis or inflammation of the heart muscle. This disease can sometimes develop and lead to left heart failure. Generally, the cause of myocarditis is a viral infection.

Heart valve damage. Heart valves function to keep blood flowing through the heart in the right path. If the heart valve is damaged, the blood flow can be disrupted. This results in increased workload on the heart muscle.

Heart rhythm disturbances. This condition can cause the rhythm or heart rate to become too slow or too fast. Rhythm that is too slow will reduce the blood supply from the heart to the body. While the rhythm that is too fast, can make the heart work too hard. Both of these conditions will eventually lead to heart failure.

Hyperthyroidism. People who suffer from this disease, the thyroid gland in their body will produce excessive thyroid hormone. When the hormone levels are high, the heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature will increase as well.

Anemia. When a person has anemia, his body is deprived of oxygen from the blood. If this condition is not treated, damage to the organs in the body, including the heart, can occur.

Diabetes. People who have diabetes have an increased risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.

Heart defects from birth. Some babies are born with the condition that some of the heart chambers or valves are not completely formed. This situation can cause other parts of the heart that are still healthy to work harder in pumping blood. In the end potentially leads to heart failure.