Living with Heart Failure
Heart failure - the causes, the treatment, and what you can do to improve your outcome.
How Do I Compare Hospital Quality?
Hospital Compare allows you to compare various outcomes for various clinical conditions among specific hospitals in your area
Hospital Compare allows you to compare various outcomes for various clinical conditions among specific hospitals in your area
Treating Heart Failure
Learn about how doctors treating heart failure such as dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomypathy and diastolic heart failure.
Learn about how doctors treating heart failure such as dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomypathy and diastolic heart failure.
Symptoms of Heart Failure
Symptoms of heart failure are usually due to pulmonary congestion, poor cardiac pumping function, or cardiac arrhythmias.
Symptoms of heart failure are usually due to pulmonary congestion, poor cardiac pumping function, or cardiac arrhythmias.
Diagnosing Heart Failure
In order to treat heart failure appropriately, it is important to diagnose the underlying cause and the type of heart failure.
In order to treat heart failure appropriately, it is important to diagnose the underlying cause and the type of heart failure.
Heart Failure - The Basics
The basics of heart failure and cardiomyopathy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
The basics of heart failure and cardiomyopathy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Heart Failure - Dilated Cardiomyopathy
The causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.
The causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.
What Is Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure?
Diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure occur when the heart's ventricles become too stiff, leading to impaired filling of the ventricles with blood.
Diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure occur when the heart's ventricles become too stiff, leading to impaired filling of the ventricles with blood.
Treating Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure
Treating diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure mainly depends on treating underlying causes, such as hypertension and coronary artery disease.
Treating diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure mainly depends on treating underlying causes, such as hypertension and coronary artery disease.
Symptoms and Diagnosis of Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure
While diastolic dysfunction often does not cause symptoms, diastolic heart failure causes extreme and often acute episodes of shortness of breath. Diagnosing diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure often presents a challenge.
While diastolic dysfunction often does not cause symptoms, diastolic heart failure causes extreme and often acute episodes of shortness of breath. Diagnosing diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure often presents a challenge.
Treating Heart Failure Due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Treating heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy requires the aggressive use of beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, and often diuretics.
Treating heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy requires the aggressive use of beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, and often diuretics.
Symptoms and Diagnosis of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
The symptoms and the diagnosis of heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.
The symptoms and the diagnosis of heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.
The Causes of Heart Failure Due To Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Numerous medical conditions can cause dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
Numerous medical conditions can cause dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
Living With Heart Failure
articles on the treatment of heart failure
articles on the treatment of heart failure
Diastolic Heart Failure Just As Lethal
Mortality rates from diastolic heart failure similar to rates from classic heart failure
Mortality rates from diastolic heart failure similar to rates from classic heart failure
Women and Heart Failure
Some unique aspects of heart failure in women
Some unique aspects of heart failure in women
Patients With Heart Failure Still Undertreated
Patients with heart failure are still undertreated, and those with high-risk heart failure disproportionately so
Patients with heart failure are still undertreated, and those with high-risk heart failure disproportionately so
New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure
new guidelines for treating heart failure
new guidelines for treating heart failure
Cough
Symptom: cough
Symptom: cough
Diastolic Dysfunction
Diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure are important cardiac conditions that are more common than once thought.
Diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure are important cardiac conditions that are more common than once thought.
Quality of heart failure care is variable
Quality of heart failure care varies from place to place
Quality of heart failure care varies from place to place
Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
A summary of heart failure and cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).
A summary of heart failure and cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).
Preventing Heart Failure After a Heart Attack
Steps that should be taken to prevent heart failure after a heart attack.
Steps that should be taken to prevent heart failure after a heart attack.
Obesity and Heart Failure
Overweight patients have a higher risk of developing heart failure
Overweight patients have a higher risk of developing heart failure
EECP in Heart Failure
A novel treatment for heart failure
A novel treatment for heart failure
Beta Blockers in Heart Failure
Beta blockers are good for heart failure
Beta blockers are good for heart failure
Hormone EPO for heart disease
A brief description of the status of using the hormone EPO for heart disease.
A brief description of the status of using the hormone EPO for heart disease.
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
This new form of treatment yields remarkable results in some patients with heart failure
This new form of treatment yields remarkable results in some patients with heart failure
Is Digoxin Dangerous in Women?
Women with heart failure do poorly with digoxin
Women with heart failure do poorly with digoxin
ACE Inhibitors in Heart Failure
ACE inhibitors are an important part of the treatment for heart failure
ACE inhibitors are an important part of the treatment for heart failure
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
A review of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A review of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A Warning For Diabetics With Heart Failure
Certain diabetic drugs are dangerous in patients with significant heart failure - but docs are still prescribing them.
Certain diabetic drugs are dangerous in patients with significant heart failure - but docs are still prescribing them.
Gradual symptoms of heart failure
Here are some of the gradual symptoms of heart failure
Here are some of the gradual symptoms of heart failure
Genetics and cardiac hypertrophy
Genetics and cardiac hypertrophy
Genetics and cardiac hypertrophy
Drugs to avoid with heart failure
Drugs to avoid in heart failure
Drugs to avoid in heart failure
Preventing congestive heart failure
How to prevent heart failure
How to prevent heart failure
Loop diuretics for heart failure
Loop diuretics for heart failure
Loop diuretics for heart failure
Coughing and heart failure
Coughing can be an important symptom of heart failure
Coughing can be an important symptom of heart failure
Spironolactone and heart failure
Spironolactone for heart failure
Spironolactone for heart failure
Beta blockers for heart failure
beta blockers for heart failure
beta blockers for heart failure
amlodipine for heart failure
amlodipine for heart failure
amlodipine for heart failure
ARBs and heart failure
A review of ARB therapy and heart failure
A review of ARB therapy and heart failure
Isosorbide dinitrate and heart failure
Isosorbide dinitrate and heart failure
Isosorbide dinitrate and heart failure
Dopamine and heart failure
Dopamine and heart failure
Dopamine and heart failure
Hydralazine for heart failure
Hydralazine for heart failure
Hydralazine for heart failure
Eplerenone for heart failure
Eplerenone for heart failure
Eplerenone for heart failure
Dobutamine for heart failure
Dobutamine for heart failure
Dobutamine for heart failure
Milrinone for heart failure
Milrinone for heart failure
Milrinone for heart failure
Nesiritide for heart failure
Nesiritide for heart failure
Nesiritide for heart failure
ACE inhibitors for heart failure
ACE inhibitors for heart failure
ACE inhibitors for heart failure
Digoxin and heart failure
A discussion of the use of digoxin for heart failure
A discussion of the use of digoxin for heart failure