article_snippet: Lead researcher Dr David Preiss said: ‘Heart failure is disabling, expensive to treat, especially in more advanced stages, and patients have a poor outcome.
article_snippet: Heart failure happens when damage to the heart leaves Heart failure too weak to pump blood efficiently round the body.
article_snippet: Around 100,000 Britons a year are thought to die from Heart failure.
article_snippet: Damage: Heart failure (pictured) affects nearly a million Birtons and develops when the heart is unable to maintain adequate blood flow to meet the needs of the body .
article_snippet: ‘Heart failure is disabling, expensive to treat, especially in more advanced stages, and patients have a poor outcome. '
article_snippet: Heart failure affects nearly a million Birtons and develops when the heart is unable to maintain adequate blood flow to meet the needs of the body.