Directory of Heart Failure Resources

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Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to maintain normal body requirements. This may be caused by congenital defect or by another condition that damages or overloads the heart muscle.

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Resources in This Category

• Cut to the Heart

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/
  Includes a history of surgery, congestive heart failure and treatment, treatment techniques, images of troubled hearts, and a map.

• Dr. Reid's Corner

  http://www.lymphedema.com/heart.htm
  An article describing what congestive heart failure is.

• eMedicine - Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/163062-overview
  Dr. Shamai Grossman offers a detailed clinical report on congestive heart failure and its most severe manifestation, pulmonary edema. Includes a section on emergency treatment.

• Heart Failure

  http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/heart-failure.html
  Description of heart failure, its causes, diagnosis, treatment and when to call a physician. Information from the AAFP.

• Heart Failure Online

  http://www.heartfailure.org/
  Information as to what CHF is, how the heart works, living with CHF, as well as symptoms, tests and other related topics.

• Heart Failure Society of America

  http://www.abouthf.org/
  Free patient education materials. Education modules and current news.

• Heart Point

  http://www.heartpoint.com/congheartfailure.html
  Explains what heart failure is, symptoms, what to watch for, evaluation, prognosis, medication other related issues.

• Heart Site

  http://heartsite.com/html/chf.html
  Details about congestive heart failure, explaining what it is, symptoms, treatment, how common and how serious it is.

• Jon's Place

  http://www.jonsplace.org/
  Extensive database about heart failure, patient-run and patient-oriented. Message boards, chat, medications, surgeries, alternative and low sodium cooking are a few of the many topics discussed.

• Kantrowitz CardioVad

  http://www.lvadtech.com/
  A mechanical device that helps the failing heart work more effectively. It is being used in a small group of patients with severe chronic congestive heart failure. Offers patient and physician information.

• Living with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  http://hartfalenderwijs.nl/en/lifestyle.htm
  The author imposed a number of rules of life on himself and achieved a liveable health, after he was hospitalised in a critical condition.

• Mayo Clinic: Congestive Heart Failure

  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/basics/definition/con-20029801
  A description of the condition, its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, complications, treatment and prevention.

• Northern Arizona University

  http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~daa/lecture/chfmeds.htm
  A brief explanation of congestive heart failure with a very extensive listing of medications use to assist the patient.

• Preventing Congestive Heart Failure

  http://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0415/p1901.html
  American Academy of Family Physicians. An article by JAY N. COHN, M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Save Lives

  http://www.savelives.net/
  Information on the cardiac chain of survival, treatment of sudden cardiac arrest and automatic external defibrillation.

• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hf/HF_WhatIs.html
  A look at heart failure, exploring the causes, treatment, diagnosis and the general outlook.

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