Causes of Heart Failure
This condition, often caused by a buildup of plaque in the arteries, can lead to heart failure.
Coronary Artery Disease
The term used when you have difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
Dyspnea
What you should do if you gained 2-3 pounds overnight.
Call Your Heart Failure Provider
The most stressed diet item in the HF regimen
Low Salt/Sodium
These medications help the kidneys remove excess fluid and sodium.
Diuretics (Lasix, Torsemide, Bumex)
This condition, characterized by high blood pressure, can put extra strain on the heart and lead to heart failure.
Hypertension
This symptom involves swelling in the ankles, legs, and abdomen.
Edema
Items like smoking, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, diabetes, and obesity are all considered these.
Risk Factors
In severe cases, this may be necessary to replace a damaged heart.
Heart Transplant
Pain medications you are told to avoid as they make you retain fluid
NSAIDS (Ibuprofen, Naproxen..)
When the parts that open and close between the heart chambers do not work properly.
Heart Valvular Disease
This symptom involves feeling tired or weak.
Fatigue
The term used when your heart has weakened or stiffened, and can’t sufficiently pump enough blood to meet your body's needs
Heart Failure
This device is often implanted when you have too slow or too fast a heart rate or an uncoordinated rhythm. This also protects your heart from beating too slow while using medications to treat fast rhythms.
Pacemaker
Originally developed to treat diabetes, this class of medications is now shown to improve symptoms, reduce hospitalizations, and increase survival in patients with heart failure.
SGLT2i (Jardiance/Farxiga)
The common name for Takasubo, a condition when the cause of HF is unknown. Many times after a difficult life event.
Broken Heart Syndrome
You may feel this symptom when you have a rapid or irregular heartbeat.
Palpitations
The term used (often found on an echo) used to tell you what % your heart function is at?
Ejection Fraction (EF)
This device is often implanted to prevent sudden cardiac arrest by detecting and correcting life-threatening heart rhythms.
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
This class of medications is often prescribed to help slow the heart rate down, Lowers BP’s, and Helps the heart pump more efficiently.
Beta-Blockers (Metoprolol, Coreg, Bisoprolol)
The term for weakened heart muscle.
Cardiomyopathy
This persistent symptom, often considered "dry," happens when you have fluid buildup in the lungs. It often keeps you awake at night when you lay down.
Coughing
Often seen on an X-ray when admitted to the hospital for congestive HF- this term is used for when they see extra fluid on your lungs.
pulmonary edema
A device that can be implanted for life, or waiting for a transplant
LVAD- Left Ventricular Assistive Device
Your doctor may prescribe one of these 3 medication classes to help ease the load on your heart, lower your blood pressure, and help you feel less short of breath.
ACE Inhibitors( Lisinopril)/ARNI(Entresto)/ARBs (Losartan)