Heart Failure

Know the signs and symptoms that signal you should contact your healthcare provider.

Learn about the tests commonly used to diagnose heart failure.

Understanding and following your personal treatment plan can help reduce your heart failure symptoms.

See what usually occurs during healthcare appointments, and how discussions with your provider can help manage your heart failure.

Watch this to learn what ejection fraction is and how it will be monitored throughout your treatment for heart failure.

Learn about the different ways that your heart failure may be treated. These include new medications, possible devices like a pacemaker, or heart surgery.

Learn about your discharge information, and that following your instructions carefully may help you avoid another admission to the hospital.

Learn some common places to find strength and support while managing your heart failure.

Recognizing an increase in your symptoms of heart failure can help you take action to avoid a trip to the hospital.

Heart failure can happen in 2 ways. The heart muscle may become weak and enlarged (systolic dysfunction). Or, the heart muscle may become stiff (diastolic dysfunction). Learn more about these 2 types, their symptoms, and how heart failure impacts your body.

Cardiomyopathy means heart muscle disease. If you have cardiomyopathy, you have a problem with the muscle tissue that makes up your heart. Your heart may not be pumping as well as it should. Read on to learn more.

The heart is a muscle that pumps oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body. When you have heart failure, the heart is not able to pump as well as it should. Symptoms of heart failure can be controlled by changes in your lifestyle and by following your doctor's advice.

It's important to ask your provider questions during your visit to make sure you understand your condition and what your treatment involves.

Heart failure is a long-term condition that you need to manage over time. It's important that you manage it as your healthcare provider tells you.

This sheet will help you assess your heart health each day. It lists symptoms to watch out for, and action steps to take.

Ejection fraction is a measurement of how much blood your heart pushes out when it beats.

Understand how limiting your fluids can reduce your symptoms of heart failure.

Learn how to achieve your physical activity goals gradually and safely.

Learn what being diagnosed with heart failure means for your future. You also will be introduced to lifestyle changes such as limiting sodium, staying active, and taking new medications.