Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors...Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are a type of drug prescribed for people with systolic heart failure (HF) caused by left ventricular dysfunction...
Stress Management and Heart Failure...Can managing stress prevent heart disease? According to researchers, when stress is excessive, it can contribute to high blood pressure, asthma, ulcers...
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors...Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of drugs approved to treat certain types of heart failure. SGLT2 inhibitors were first used...
Heart Failure Classifications...Heart failure (HF) is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Understanding its stages and classifications can help you get the...
Decompensated Heart Failure...Decompensated heart failure, also called acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), occurs mostly in people with preexisting heart failure, although some cases are...
Friendly Reminder: Be Careful About Dehydration...I wanted to share a recent episode because it's a good reminder for all of us - even those of us who...reactionscomments
Recovery From LVAD Surgery and Heart Transplant Surgery...Many people ask me which was a harder recovery: the transplant or LVAD surgery? So, let’s set the scene. Before I had...reactions2comments
What Diet Should I Follow?...As a heart failure patient, the idea of a medically restricted diet can be overwhelming. It is easy to think there is...reactions2comments
Summer Heat...I have had heart failure for four years now. Time really flies! One thing that has taken adjustment is realizing that my...reactions2comments
Teaching My Daughter About Heart Health...Having heart health issues run in my family for the longest time, I have taken it upon myself to teach my daughter...reactions3comments
Back in the Job Market After Heart Transplant...Finally back to the job market after being gone for 5 years. When I was diagnosed with advanced heart failure I was...reactions2comments
Heart Failure or Heart Attack: The Early Warning Signs...Heart failure and heart attack are both conditions that fall under the category of heart disease. Yet they are different conditions with...reactions5comments
My Will...My terminal diagnosis came five years ago. Thank the Lord that I was given enough notice. It has taken me two years...reactionscomments
Unbreakable Heart...BORN JUNE 24,1961 DIED APRIL 6,1981 DIED NOVEMBER 9,2013 I am alive and well today in Portsmouth, RI. I am a 62...reactions1comment
Scared and Sick...I went into the hospital not feeling well at all. I previously had two mechanical heart valves installed. This time the doctor...reactions1comment
My End of Life Preparation...I have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). I got diagnosed five years ago and only recently developed congestive heart failure (CHF) and COPD...reactions1comment
My Life Was Never Going to Be the Same...I've lived with my heart issue for over twenty years. I have known that at anytime my heart might just decide to...reactions1comment
Dating and Heart Disease..."How can I date and cope with heart disease? Will he accept me? Will he judge me? Will he take advantage of...reactionscomments
My 5-Year-Old Tells Other Kids About Getting an EKG...My family has a genetic heart condition called Brugada Syndrome which is often diagnosed from an abnormal EKG, and I have to...reactions2comments
Life With An LVAD...When I got diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in 2014, I never knew that I would be in advanced heart failure 4 years...reactions20comments
