Hypertension can lead to heart failure and is a major risk factor for heart failure.

Heart failure is the final stage of the development of various cardiovascular diseases, and is the leading cause of hospitalization among people over 65 years old in the United States. The mortality rate of heart failure is high, with 25% of newly diagnosed patients dying within one year, and often being repeatedly hospitalized for treatment, which seriously affects the patient's quality of life, endangers lives, and also creates a huge medical burden.