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Heart failure is a syndrome which characterized by inability of heart that can’t enough to fulfill the requirement of oxygen and nutrient in the body’s tissue. Psychological problems such as anxiety can occur in people with heart failure caused by the prognosis of worsening disease. Anxiety in people with heart failure can be different between men and women. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between gender and anxiety of patients with heart failure. This study was used analytical quantitative design with cross sectional approach. The number of samples in this study is 70 respondents taken by quota sampling with the same amount between male and female respondents. This study conducted in Poly Heart in Hospital of University Sebelas Maret. This study uses GAD-7 (General Anxiety Disorde-7). The age’s mean of the respondent is 57.67, the highest level of education is collage and the most respondent are in NYHA I. Spearman rank test results showed a p-value of 0.007 which means there is a relationship between gender with anxiety levels in heart failure patients and women had more anxiety than male. In this study, most of the male respondents were in the mild anxiety category and women were in the moderate anxiety category. For the future researchers are expected to research more about other things that cause anxiety in people with heart failure.