Are Your Symptoms Caused by Heart Failure or Asthma?...Asthma is not heart failure. Heart failure is not asthma. The treatment for both conditions is different. Still, they both share common...reactionscomments
Symptom: Increased Heart Rate...The warning signs of heart failure (HF) are different for everyone. One possible sign of HF is a rapid heartbeat at rest...
Heart Failure Symptoms by Stage and Class...Heart failure (HF) is a complex, chronic condition that often gets worse over time. Heart failure means your heart is not pumping...
Symptom: Fatigue...Fatigue can be described in a number of ways. Some think of it as extreme tiredness, others feel weary, having a lack...
4 Things I Would Tell My Undiagnosed Self...If I could time travel, I would send this video to my younger self, prior to diagnosis of a genetic heart condition...reactionscomments
Lifestyle Changes and Heart Failure...Heart failure (HF) develops when the heart is no longer pumping well enough to meet the demands of the body. Common symptoms...
What Is a Heart-Healthy Diet?...A healthy diet has different meanings for different people. A healthy diet can vary based on where in the world you live...
Self Monitoring and Heart Failure...If you have heart failure (HF) that has been treated with medications, surgical procedures, or medical devices, chances are you have been...
How to Prevent Heart Failure...Heart failure (HF) is a condition with signs and symptoms that develop when the heart does not function properly. HF affects a...
Digoxin...Digoxin is a type of drug used to treat certain heart problems, including mild to moderate heart failure. Digoxin increases left ventricular...
Regular Exercise and Heart Failure...Exercise is good for you. It is a phrase we have all heard before. Just like the following adages that we have...
Valve Replacement...The heart pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood out to the tissues and removes waste from the bloodstream throughout the body. Arteries carry oxygenated...
Isosorbide Dinitrate/Hydralazine...Isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine is used to treat Black adults with heart failure. These drugs are sometimes prescribed separately or as a single pill...
Heart Transplant...A heart transplant is a major surgery during which a failing, diseased heart is replaced by a healthy donor heart. A heart...
Dancing for Heart Health...Friday morning: my coffee is brewing and the fresh air is pulling through my apartment, so I pop on my headphones and...reactions1comment
HCN Channel Blockers...HCN channel blockers are drugs used to treat certain people with heart failure (HF). HCN stands for “hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated.” HCN channels...
Diuretics...Diuretics, also known as water pills, are a type of drug used to treat some people with heart failure. Diuretics help the...
Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitors (ARNIs)...Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) combine the drugs sacubitril and valsartan to treat heart failure. Valsartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)...
Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs)...Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are a type of drug prescribed for people with systolic heart failure (HF) caused by left ventricular...
Aldosterone Antagonists...Aldosterone antagonists are a type of drug prescribed for people with heart failure and high blood pressure. Aldosterone antagonists can lower the...
