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Lifestyle Changes I Had to Make with Chronic Heart Failure

We talk about what it’s like to personally live with a heart condition or to have family members or friends who do. But my mindset shifted when I l...

Staying Active with Advancing Heart Failure

It's safer for people with heart failure to exercise in a place where they're monitored and supported during training. The difference between takin...

Heart Failure and Heart Transplants

A heart transplant is the surgical replacement of a person's diseased heart with a healthy donor's heart. The health care team will monitor you clo...

What is Heart Failure?

Less blood can enter your heart, and the blood pressure in your lungs goes up. When you have diabetes, high blood pressure, or other heart and bloo...

Heart Rate

When your heart speeds up, like when you exercise, your blood vessels should expand to let more blood pass through. One way to get a rough estimate...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Why it Happens

These disorders of the heart’s electrical system can cause abnormal heart rhythms. Start doing CPR right away if they are unconscious and are not b...

What is Edema?

This swelling in the arms and legs is most often caused by damage to your lymph nodes, tissues that help filter germs and waste from your body. Whe...