Heart failure generally refers to chronic heart failure (CHF). The typical symptoms of chronic heart failure usually include dyspnea, fatigue and lower extremity edema. According to the source of the heart blood, it can be categorized into two types: left heart failure and right heart failure. The degree of the heart failure can be graded by New York Heart Association functional classification. The descriptions of both the modern and Chinese traditional symptoms of the left heart failure induced by coronary artery disease will be showed by the chart in this review article. The main target of this article is to discuss about the link among heart failure, the main symptoms of Shaoyin syndrome in Shaung Han Lun, Zhenwu Tang syndrome, SI NI Tang syndrome and chest pain with shortness of breath in Jin Gui Yao Lue ., We try to explain and put forward to the thinking process of heart failure in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and to explain cardiac rhythm of heart failure In the views of Chinese medicine pulse sphygmology.