Heart failure affects millions of people worldwide. However, did you know that women are often misdiagnosed or receive their diagnosis too late?

As the term might suggest, heart failure means the heart is failing to pump enough blood to the body’s cells.

There are two main types of heart failure. In heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), the heart has a diminished ability to pump blood. In heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the heart struggles to fill with blood.

HFpEF is the most common type of heart failure, and particularly prevalent among elderly women, but it is also the hardest to diagnose