heart failure
MONDO:0005252Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names heart failure yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inability of the heart to pump blood at an adequate rate to meet tissue metabolic requirements. Clinical symptoms of heart failure include: unusual dyspnea on light exertion, recurrent dyspnea occurring in the supine position, fluid retention or rales, jugular venous distension, pulmonary edema on physical exam, or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray presumed to be cardiac dysfunction.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005252), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Located in (Mondo)
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: heart failure
- Also called
- cardiac failurecardiac insufficiencyfailure, heartinsufficiency, Cardiac