Heart Failure Medical Reference

Jardiance is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor. Here’s how it treats heart failure.

Farxiga is a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor. Here’s how it treats heart failure.

Entresto is a combination of two medicines. Here’s how it works for heart failure

Despite bias within the health care system, it’s in your power to get the right heart failure treatment plan to live as long – and as well – as possible.

Lifestyle choices play a key part in living well with heart failure. See what changes you can make to take charge of your health.

Why heart failure affects Black and Hispanic populations, specifically Black women, differently than other ethnicities.

Your heart and your mental health are connected. Here are strategies for treating feelings of depression and anxiety that can go along with heart failure.

What unique concerns do Black and Hispanic people living with heart failure have regarding diet and exercise?

If you’re Black or Hispanic, you’re at higher risk of heart failure. Finding out early can help you find the right treatments.

Managing heart failure can be more complicated when you are Black or Hispanic. Advocating for yourself can help you gain more control over your condition.

Can I drive? Can I have sex? Here’s what to know about what’s safe, what’s not, and when to check with your doctor.

Treating heart failure involves doctors and other health care workers from many specialties. Here’s who you’ll need.

Is stem cell therapy the new frontier for treating heart failure? Explore the latest science moving into hospitals.

Common medications can cause heart failure, a condition where your heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Here’s what you need to know to protect your heart.

Heart failure strikes both men and women, but not always the same way. Knowing the differences could help you get diagnosed and treated early.

Dizziness when you stand up may be a sign of heart failure. How are the two linked, and when should you be concerned?

Spotting the differences between heart attacks and heart failure.

Find out what happens to your body when you have congestive heart failure.

Heart failure can affect your whole body, including your liver, kidneys, and lungs. Learn about the complications heart failure can cause and how to avoid them.

When your heart can't pump strongly enough, what does your body do to try to make up for having less oxygen?

It's definitely a two-way street. With heart failure, you're likely to have sleep troubles. Treating sleep apnea and insomnia may ease the burden on your heart.

This severe complication of heart failure is also called body wasting. Learn about the symptoms and treatment.

In systolic heart failure, the left ventricle becomes weak and can't contract and work the way it should. There's no cure, but you can make lifestyle changes to help treat it.

With high-output heart failure, the heart is pumping a normal amount of blood, but it's still not enough to help the body work the way it should.

What is diastolic heart failure? Is there a cure? How can you make your life better if you have it?

When you have heart failure, oxygen therapy can help your body get the oxygen you need. Learn what’s involved with oxygen therapy and when you might need it.

The term "heart failure" might sound like the heart is about to stop working. But it means something else.

Are there treatments for end-stage heart failure? How do they work?

Could you have end-stage or advanced heart failure? Learn to spot the signs and symptoms.

If your heart’s working harder than it has to, you could be at risk for right-side heart failure. Find out what causes it, what the symptoms are, and how to treat it.

With heart failure, even if you're a model patient, you need to watch for new or returning symptoms. Here are seven things to tell your doctor about.

An LVAD can keep your heart pumping while you wait for a transplant or heal from heart surgery. Here's what to expect if you get an LVAD.

Cardiac rehabilitation is an important part of heart failure treatment and recovery. Learn the different phases and what to expect at each one.

Find out some of the reasons your chest may feel heavy or tight, including heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, and asthma.

"Edema" is the medical word for swelling. Many conditions can cause it.

Learn about treatments for heart failure, along with lifestyle changes to manage the condition.

WebMD explains the Stages of Heart Failure, including lifestyle and treatment guidelines.

If you've been diagnosed with heart failure, you might want to ask your doctor these questions.

WebMD explains when and how a biventricular pacemaker is used as a treatment for heart failure.

Learn about the symptoms of heart failure from the experts at WebMD.

WebMD's guide to the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.

WebMD experts provide the basics on heart failure.

Become informed of important heart failure terminology.

Your heart rate is an important number to know. How do you measure it? What should it be during exercise? The answers lie ahead.

WebMD explains the use of calcium channel blockers to treat heart failure.

ACE inhibitors are drugs often used to treat heart failure. Learn how they work.

Learn how the diuretic aldactone can be used to treat heart failure.

If you have heart failure, you may have heard of a BNP blood test. But what is it?

WebMD explains a special type of pacemaker called a biventricular pacemaker that is used for treatment of heart failure.