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Heart Failure and a Low-Sodium Diet: what to Know

You may not realize it, but it’s likely that more than 70% of the sodium in your diet comes from packaged foods and meals cooked in restaurants. If...

Heart Failure and ACE Inhibitors

ACE inhibitors dilate the blood vessels to improve your blood flow. Check with your doctor before taking any anti-inflammatory drugs. It is importa...

Heart Failure and Beta-Blockers

If your pulse is slower than it should be or your blood pressure is less than 100, call your doctor about taking your beta-blocker that day. Call y...

Treating Heart Failure with Digoxin

Digoxin, also called digitalis, helps an injured or weakened heart pump more efficiently. Once you and your doctor have determined the correct dose...

Treating Heart Failure with Diuretics

Skin rash: Stop taking the medication and call your doctor right away. If you have more side effects after taking your medicines together, call you...

Heart Failure Treatment: Potassium and Magnesium

While taking potassium or magnesium, have your blood pressure checked regularly as advised by your doctor. If you take controlled-release tablets o...

Heart Failure: Belly Fat Bad, Exercise Good

Their evidence comes from the largest study to date of exercise for heart failure patients. More than 2,300 heart failure patients in the U.S., Can...

Treating Heart Failure with Aldactone

Aldactone protects the heart by blocking a certain chemical (aldosterone) in the body that causes salt and fluid build-up. When receiving aldactone...

Living with Heart Failure

By making lifestyle changes, you can take an active role in treating your heart failure while maintaining a productive life. If you have a job that...

Understanding Heart Failure -- The Basics

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump blood effectively to the lungs or the rest of the body.

Glossary of Heart Failure Terms

Diastolic Pressure: The pressure of the blood in the arteries when the heart is filling. This can lead to heart failure, irregular heart beats, blo...

Treatment Options When Heart Failure Worsens

In particular, we use the term 'Guideline Medical Therapy' to describe medications that have clearly been shown to improve survival, make people li...