Watch this video to learn how the heart muscle weakens with heart failure, and how heart failure affects your body.
Learn what types of medications are often prescribed to help manage heart failure, and their side effects.
Understand the importance of keeping to a daily medication routine and learn a few strategies to keeping your medications organized.
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.
Recognizing an increase in your symptoms of heart failure can help you take action to avoid a trip to the hospital.
Learn how much sodium you should have each day, and a few tips for reducing the amount of sodium that you eat.
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.
