Heart Failure Diet
- Congestive Heart Failure Lifestyle Changes
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Symptoms
Lifestyle Changes
Up to half of patients hospitalized for heart failure are back in the hospital within 6 months. Many people return because of lifestyle factors, such as poor diet, failure to comply with medications, and social isolation.
Rehabilitation
Programs that offer intensive follow-up to ensure that the patient complies with lifestyle changes and medication regimens at home can reduce rehospitalization and improve survival. Patients without available rehabilitation programs should seek...
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Quick Tips if You've Been Through Heart Failure
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From Our Sources
Heart failure
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
CHF; Congestive heart failure; Left-sided heart failure; Right-sided heart failure - Cor pulmonale Prevention Follow your health care... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention To avoid congestive heart failure, you must prevent the various forms of heart disease that lead to it. To prevent coronary heart disease,... Read more »
Hidden salt in foods may harm people with heart failure
According to new research, only about one third of heart failure patients are adhering to a low-salt diet, and those that are failing to do so often... Read more »
Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Congestive Heart Failure
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Congestive Heart Failure
What is the cause of my heart failure? What can you do to determine and correct the cause of my heart failure? Is my heart failure mild, moderate,... Read more »
Heart Failure: Highlights
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Heart FailureHeart failure is a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the needs of the bodys tissues. Heart failure can... Read more »
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