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Health Encyclopedia: Congestive Heart Failure Lifestyle Changes
- Congestive Heart Failure Lifestyle Changes
- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Causes of Congestive Heart Failure
- Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors
- Congestive Heart Failure Complications
Lifestyle Changes
Between 30 - 47% of patients who require hospitalization for heart failure are back in the hospital again within 6 months. Many people return because of lifestyle factors, such as poor diet, failure to comply with medications, and social isolation.
Home Support and Rehabilitation Programs
In one study, elderly people who had no emotional support at home had triple the risk of a heart attack after hospitalization for heart failure than those who did have such support. (Women had ei...
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Health Guide
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