Heart failure: When to call your health care provider

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For problems or concerns, call your health care provider and identify yourself as a patient with heart failure having the following symptoms:

shortness of breath that is new, becomes worse, or occurs when you lie flat; waking up breathless at night fatigue, weakness, loss of energy, dizziness chest discomfort not relieved by nitroglycerin

coughing at night or cough that won’t go away (chronic) swollen feet, ankles and legs more than usual nausea with abdominal swelling, pain and tenderness

weight gain of 3 pounds in a day or 5 pounds in a week

For an emergency, call 911. Do not drive yourself to get help.

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