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Heart Failure
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Nitromed Drug Cut Deaths in Blacks - U.S. FDA Staff (06/15/2005, Reuters Health)
- Exercise Boosts Sex Life in Men with Heart Failure (06/13/2005, Reuters Health)
- Home Test Spots Breathing Trouble in Heart Failure (05/30/2005, Reuters Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Heart Failure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Congestive Heart Failure
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Learn More about Heart Failure (Heart Failure Society of America)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- BNP and NT-proBNP Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Cardiac Biomarkers (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- How Is Heart Failure Diagnosed? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- JAMA Patient Page: Electrocardiograms (American Medical Association)
- Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Procedure for Congestive Heart Failure
(slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program - Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Patient's Guide (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Medications Commonly Used to Treat Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Surgical Procedures to Treat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Treatments for Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) (Food and Drug Administration)
- What You Need to Know about Biventricular Pacing to Treat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)
Also available in: Spanish
Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Living With Heart Failure: Diet (American Heart Association)
- Nutritional Guidelines for Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Potassium Guidelines for Patients with Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Disease Management
- Disease Management
- Caregiver's Guide to Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Home Oxygen Therapy (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Lifestyle and Exercise (American Heart Association)
- Working with Your Doctor (American Heart Association)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Cardiac Asthma (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heart Failure Exercise Guidelines (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Heart Failure: Risk Factors (Heart Rhythm Society)
- How to Plan for Air Travel When You Need Supplemental Oxygen (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Failure, Congestive (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Researchers Pinpoint Genetic Cause of Heart Failure (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Also available in: Spanish
Research
- Research
- ACE Inhibitor Drugs Underused in Heart Failure Patients (American Heart Association)
- Can a New Blood Test Help Predict Who Is at Risk for Developing Heart Failure? (American College of Physicians)
- CHARM Trial: Heart Failure Drug Saves Lives, Reduces Hospitalization (American Heart Association)
- Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (American College of Physicians)
- Drugs Available to Effectively Treat Chronic Heart Failure (American College of Physicians)
- No Increase in Deaths or Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Patients Who Have a Pulmonary Artery Catheter (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Nurse Care Management for Low-Risk Patients with Heart Failure (American College of Physicians)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology (Texas Heart Institute)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Heart Rhythm Specialist (Heart Rhythm Society)
- Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Medicare Approved Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Destination Therapy Facilities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Heart Association
- Heart Rhythm Society
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute