Heart Failure is a condition in which heart unable to pump blood to meet the requirement of the body. Heart failure (HF), often used to mean chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Weakening of the heart muscles due to age or other disorders leads to heart failure. Shortness of breath, persistent coughing or wheezing, Buildup of excess fluid in body tissues, fatigue are some of the major signs of heart failure. High-impact journals are those considered to be highly influential in their respective fields. The impact factor of journal provides quantitative assessment tool for grading, evaluating, sorting and comparing journals of similar kind. It reflects the average number of citations to recent articles published in science and social science journals in a particular year or period, and is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. It is first devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information. The impact factor of a journal is evaluated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
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