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Monday, October, 26, 2009

What Is The Life Expectancy For People Living With Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure med shows promising results

October 03, 2008
A new medication to treat acute congestive heart failure (CHF) has shown positive results in late-stage clinical trials. The med, currently called KW-3902, helped improve shortness of breath and eased renal-function deterioration in CHF patients in the Phase III trials. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Hot tubs and heart disease: Trouble or treatment?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...this could be used as a treatment of patients with congestive heart failure. Recent scientific... Read more »

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Working Harder, Spending Smarter, and Doing the Right Thing
By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert

...bronchitis, sometimes with a component of asthma) and CHF (Congestive Heart Failure, or... Read more »

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Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...especially when lying down. People who suffer from congestive heart failure aren’t able to... Read more »

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Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert

  Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission in the... Read more »

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Antibiotics and the Elderly: When Do We Say No?
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...decision. In previous times, pneumonia was called "the old people's friend." People are going... Read more »

Health Guide

Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
Overview Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of abnormal and depressed function of the heart for any reason. The most common presentations of this syndrome are the development of shortness... Read more »
Chapter 2: Is It Safe for Me to Exercise?
...chronic conditions in most older people, as long as it’s done when the condition is under control.Congestive heart failure (CHF) is an example of a serious chronic condition common in older... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure Symptoms
...results whenthe brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe during sleep. It occurs in up to half of people with heart failure. Sleep apnea causes disordered breathing at night. If heart failure... Read more »
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
...those who survive another heart attack are at increased risk of becoming cardiac cripples, disabled by congestive heart failure or arrhythmias heartbeat irregularities. There is no way of... Read more »
Angina Treatment Patient Guide- Enhanced External Counterpulsation
...with, or who develop the following disorders during the course of treatment with EECP: Uncontrolled congestive heart failure Severe heart valve disease Uncontrolled arrhythmia ... Read more »

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