Risk factors for Congestive Heart Failure

Risk factors include:

• Sex: male
• Race: Black
• Advancing age
• Pregnancy
• Excess alcohol intake
• Excess intake of salt and fat
• High fever
• Infection
• Obesity
• Chronic lung disease
• Use of beta-blocking or digitalis-containing medications in certain settings
• Chemotherapy
• Arrhythmia
• Heart valve disease
• Heart muscle damage from heart attack, infection, or medications
• Overactive thyroid