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Congestive Heart Failure |
Heart Failure; Heart Failure, Congestive |
Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. It is not to be confused with "cessation of heartbeat", which is known as asystole, or with cardiac arrest, which is the cessation of normal cardiac function in the face of heart disease. Because not all ...
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- ACE Inhibitor Drugs Underused in Heart Failure Patients (American Heart Association)
- Alternative or Herbal Therapy Interactions (Heart Failure Society of America)
- American Heart Association
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
- Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- Avoiding Flu and Pneumonia (American Heart Association)
- BNP Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Captopril (Cleveland Clinic)
- Cardiac Asthma (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (American College of Physicians)
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Patient's Guide (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- Carvedilol (Cleveland Clinic)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Failure, Congestive (National Institutes of Health)
- Congestive Heart Failure (HealthWorld)
- Congestive Heart Failure (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Congestive heart failure (MayoClinic)
- Congestive Heart Failure (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Congestive Heart Failure [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (American College of Physicians)
- Eating Out (American Heart Association)
- Echocardiogram [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
- Enalapril (Cleveland Clinic)
- Following Your Heart Failure Treatment Plan and Dealing with Your Symptoms (Heart Failure Society of America)
- General Guidelines for Coping with Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- General Medication Guidelines for Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology (Texas Heart Institute)
- Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)
- Heart Failure (Medline Plus)
- Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart failure (Google Health)
- Heart Failure (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure Exercise Guidelines (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure Exercise Precautions (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure Information and Education (Heart Failure Society of America)
- Heart Failure Medications (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure Medicines (Heart Failure Society of America)
- Heart Failure Resources (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure Symptoms: When to Call the Doctor (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Failure: Prevention (Heart Rhythm Society)
- Heart Failure: Risk Factors (Heart Rhythm Society)
- Heart Failure: What to Ask Your Doctor (Heart Rhythm Society)
- Heart Rhythm Society
- Heart Truth for Women, The (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Home Oxygen Therapy (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- How Heart Failure is Diagnosed (Cleveland Clinic)
- How Is Heart Failure Diagnosed? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- How to Plan for Air Travel When You Need Supplemental Oxygen (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hydralazine (Cleveland Clinic)
- Insulin-like Growth Factor I Levels and Heart Failure Risk in Older People (American College of Physicians)
- Isosorbide (Cleveland Clinic)
- JAMA Patient Page: Electrocardiograms (American Medical Association)
- Learning about Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Lisinopril (Cleveland Clinic)
- Listen to the Sound of Your Heart (Pump) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Living with Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: A Guide for Family Caregivers (Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies) - Links to PDF File
- Lot of Hope for Ailing Hearts (Cleveland Clinic)
- Low-Sodium Guidelines for Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Manage Your Stress:Ten Ways to Ease Stress (Cleveland Clinic)
- Managing Stress (American Heart Association)
- Medicare Approved Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Destination Therapy Facilities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Monitoring Your Health When You Have Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Monitoring Your Health When You Have Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- New Study Estimates Potential Savings Gained by Expanding Use of Beta Blockers in Heart Failure Patients (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- NHLBI Study Finds Implanted Defibrillator Reduces Heart Failure Deaths (National Institutes of Health)
- Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
- Nutritional Guidelines for Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Nutritional Program for Congestive Heart Failure (HealthWorld)
- Palliative Care (Cleveland Clinic)
- Potassium Guidelines for Patients with Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Pulse and Target Heart Rate (Cleveland Clinic)
- Pumping More to Beat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Quinapril (Cleveland Clinic)
- Ramipril (Cleveland Clinic)
- Sex and Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
- Specialized Care from Hospital to Home Improves the Health of Elderly with Heart Failure, Cuts Costs to the Health Care System (National Institutes of Health)
- Spironolactone (Cleveland Clinic)
- Surgical Procedures to Treat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- U.S.News & World Report Ranks Cleveland Clinic Heart Center Number One in America for Tenth Year in a Row (Cleveland Clinic)
- Understanding Diet Terms (American Heart Association)
- Understanding Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic)
- Understanding Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
- What Is Heart Failure? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS)
- What You Need to Know about Biventricular Pacing to Treat Heart Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- What You Need to Know about Metoprolol (Cleveland Clinic)
- When to Call the Doctor about Your Heart Failure Symptoms (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
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