Heart Health Recommendations
The term "heart healthy" gets tossed around a lot, but what are heart health recommendations, really? Here's what you can do.
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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.
Heart Health Recommendations
The term "heart healthy" gets tossed around a lot, but what are heart health recommendations, really? Here's what you can do.
Treatment Plan for Heart Failure
Heart failure cannot be cured unless through heart transplant; however, effective treatment is available to relieve symptoms and slow progression.
The Classes and Stages of Heart Failure
Heart failure is categorized in two ways - classes and stages - based on physical symptoms and structural heart disease.
Signs That Heart Failure is Getting Worse
There are several signs and symptoms to know that indicate heart failure symptoms are getting worse, or that the condition itself is progressing.
Heart Failure Self-Care
Once diagnosed with heart failure, new strategies for self-care are essential to minimize symptoms and slow disease progression.
Heart Failure Treatment and Medication Questions
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about heart failure treatment. This will help you make the most of the appointment.
Questions to Ask About Heart Failure Symptoms
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about heart failure symptoms. This will help you make the most of the appointment.
Heart Failure Lifestyle Questions
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about changes in lifestyle with heart failure. This will help you make the most of the appointment.
Questions to Ask About Heart Failure Diagnosis
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about heart failure diagnosis. This will help you make the most of the appointment.
Heart Failure Care and Monitoring Questions
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider about heart failure care and monitoring. This will help you make the most of the appointment.
Heart Failure Questions for the Provider
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider ahead of time. This will help you make the most of your loved one's next appointment.
How Do I Address Heart Failure Exacerbation?
Your loved one has heart failure and their symptoms have suddenly worsened. It may just be a bad day, but it could be an exacerbation.
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