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Health Encyclopedia: Treatment For Congestive Heart Failure

Treatment

Recent expert guidelines for evaluating the severity of heart failure and determining treatments use a staging system that is similar to the one used for major cancers:

Stage A: Patients are at high risk for heart failure, but there is no evidence of structural damage to the heart. Risk factors include high blood pressure, heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and previous use of medications that damage the heart (such as some chemotherapy).
Stage B: Patients have a struc...

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Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily

By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...physically. In severe cases, this condition may require a heart transplant, but for most people... Read more »

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Causes of Cardiac Enlargement

...injected. This causes muscle cells in the thickened septum to die, reducing blood flow blockage. Heart transplantation is a last-resort option for selected patients with either type of cardiac... Read more »

Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide

...problems. Sources Mehra MR, MD, Associate Editor, HeartInfo, Head, Section of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans,... Read more »

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patient Guide

... Several other examinations may be required to diagnose and determine the extent of the disease: Medical history and physical exam Ankle-brachial test Treadmill exercise test Reactive hyperemia... Read more »

Scoliosis: Highlights

...tracked children who had received heart, kidney, or liver transplants. Scoliosis developed in 52% of heart transplant recipients, 18% of kidney recipients, and 14% of liver recipients. The... Read more »

Medications for Congestive Heart Failure

...Tacrolimus (Prograf) was approved in 2006 to help prevent organ rejection in patients who have received a heart transplant. The drug suppresses the immune system. Patients who receive this drug... Read more »

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