http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." The mission statement was updated by the American Heart Association during its Annual Meeting in April 2007. The mission statement undergoes a formal review process every third year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:03:04 -0800 According to a comprehensive cardiovascular risk analysis, the risk of an adverse cardiovascular event almost doubled in people who took high doses of the popular painkiller celecoxib (Celebrex) in two large placebo-controlled cancer prevention trials. The combined cardiovascular safety analysis is published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3041669Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:03:04 -0800 American Heart Association scientific position Extensive clinical and statistical studies have identified several factors that increase the risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack. Major risk factors are those that medical research has shown significantly increase the risk of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease. Contributing risk factors are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but their significance and prevalence haven’t yet been precisely determined.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=539Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:58:54 -0800 New heart failure guidelines stress early diagnosis and treatment Early diagnosis and new treatments can help battle heart failure—a growing national problem that causes 1 million hospital admissions each year—according to new guidelines released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA).http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3033158Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:57:23 -0800 To a certain extent, everyone with heart failure is their own caregiver. They care for themselves by following doctor recommendations for managing their condition. Some people with heart failure don't have family members and friends living nearby who can help them. Perhaps a spouse has passed away or is limited by some health condition. Adult children and other relatives might live hundreds or thousands of miles away — a common situation in today's mobile society. Because heart failure most often affects older people, there's an even greater chance that siblings and friends have passed away.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=327Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:56:08 -0800 When your body is retaining fluid, as often happens with heart failure, the doctor may recommend limiting how much liquid you get. Many people are prescribed diuretics (water pills) to help them get rid of extra water and sodium and reduce their heart's workload. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=357Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:55:27 -0800 When does a person need a heart transplant? A heart may be irreversibly damaged by long-lasting heart disease or viral infection. People with long-term heart failure, heart muscle disease, or other irreversible heart injury from coronary artery disease and multiple heart attacks that can't be treated by any other medical or surgical means may be candidates for heart transplants.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4588Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:54:48 -0800 What is diastolic dysfunction? The heart contracts and relaxes with each heartbeat. The contraction part of this cycle is called systole (SIS'to-le). The relaxation portion is called diastole (di-AS'to-le).http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4558Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:53:32 -0800 Juvenile Anthracycline Treatment Contributes to Heart Failure in Adulthood by Impairing Vascularization and Cardiac Stem Cell Function Asa B. Gustafsson BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, CAhttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3058637Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:52:36 -0800 In 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first implantable temporary artificial heart, which keeps heart failure patients alive until they can receive a transplant.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4444Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:51:37 -0800 Clyde W. Yancy, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FACP, is medical director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and chief of Cardiothoracic Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3040920Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:49:44 -0800 Preventing heart failure at age 70 or 80 may depend upon maintaining normal blood pressure and a healthy weight at age 50, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3050604Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:49:03 -0800 The focus of this scientific conference is the intersection between growth and death processes in the healthy and diseased heart. Topics of discussion will include differentiation of cardiac cells, cardiac hypertrophy, regulators of ischemic myocardial damage, preconditioning, heart failure, apoptosis and its relationship to disease processes, myocardial regeneration and stem cells.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005973Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:48:03 -0800 This document has been provided as an example of a clinical pathway. It is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use a clinical pathway. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own clinical pathways based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012867Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:47:28 -0800 Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) offers four levels of hospital recognition: 1. Participating GWTG-HF Hospital 2. Bronze Performance Award 3. Silver Performance Award 4. Gold Performance Award http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028999Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:45:51 -0800 As a general rule, it's better for people with heart failure to stay active. That might sound like contradictory advice, since the heart is already having trouble keeping up with the body's demands. Why make it work even harder? http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1518Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:45:01 -0800 Slide Set for Utilization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failurehttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3059085Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:44:17 -0800 Please select the link below to download your registration form. This is a writeable PDF document. You may fill out and send your completed form and payment information either by fax to (301) 694-5124, or by mail to: AHA Registrar - AH0810 c/o Experient, Inc. 1888 N. Market Street P.O. Box 4088 Frederick, MD 21705http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3054068Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:42:26 -0800 Checklist for hospitals admitting Heart Failure patients. This document has been provided as an example of an admission checklist. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use an admission checklist. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own admission checklists based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028448Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:41:59 -0800 This document has been provided as an example of a letter that can be used by your hospital to communicate with primary care physicians for heart failure patients. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use a physician letter. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all the American Heart Association Guidelines for Secondary and Primary Prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own physician letters based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012864Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:41:29 -0800 Discharge Summary Checklist for use by hospitals treating patients with heart failure. This document is provided as an example of a discharge summary checklist. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use a discharge summary checklist. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own discharge summary checklists based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028449Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:40:57 -0800 This document has been provided as an example of diuretic orders for heart failure patients. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use diuretic orders. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own diuretic orders based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012866Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:40:18 -0800 Please select the link below to download your registration form. This is a writeable PDF document. You may fill out and send your completed form and payment information either by fax to (301) 694-5124, or by mail to: AHA Registrar - HFC081 c/o Experient, Inc. 1888 N. Market Street P.O. Box 4088 Frederick, MD 21705http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053911Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:39:40 -0800 Chronic Congestive Heart Failure Slide Show Microsoft PowerPoint, File Size 771.0 KB http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3010546Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:38:44 -0800 Symptoms of Heart Failurehttp://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/flash/kim_flash.htmThu, 19 Feb 2009 05:34:30 -0800 Limiting sodium — which we get through salt, baking powder, baking soda and other substances in foods we eat — is one of the most important things that people with heart failure can do. Sodium makes the body hold on to fluid. To pump the added fluid, the heart has to work harder. People with heart failure shouldn't put this extra strain on their heartshttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=336Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:34:28 -0800 Talk to a doctor if you or a family member have any of the potential signs of heart failure or associated risk factors. The doctor will want to perform a complete physical examination and ask about medical history and symptoms. Be honest, and don't be afraid to "look bad." For instance, if you or your family member smoke, eat a lot of high-fat foods or don't exercise, tell the doctor. Your doctor can't make an accurate diagnosis without full input from you. Think of the doctor as your healthcare partner — you have to work together to be successful.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=330Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:56:43 -0800 This document has been provided as an example of standard orders. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use standard orders. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own standard orders based on their own procedures and professional experience. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3046782Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:55:28 -0800 These are concerns that people with heart failure often have. They may help you draw up a list of questions for your physician or healthcare team.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=345Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:53:43 -0800 The heart is a pump. It's divided into a right and left side, each with an upper and lower section. The upper section, called an atrium, receives blood from the body and pumps it through a one-way valve into the lower section, called a ventricle. These valves prevent the backward flow of blood inside the heart. The right side of the heart receives the “blue” oxygen-poor blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where oxygen is added. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3016405Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:53:05 -0800 Changes in the way heart failure patients answer a questionnaire may help doctors identify those at greatest risk of death or hospitalization, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3046935Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:52:03 -0800 Implanted pumps improved heart function enough in a small percentage of patients awaiting a heart transplant that they were able to leave the hospital without a pump and without a new heart, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The heart-assist devices also significantly improved the cardiac function in many other heart failure patients.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3047487Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:51:27 -0800 A subset of heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) did not demonstrate a significant improvement in exercise capacity measured by peak VO2 when compared to a control group, researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3051714Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:50:55 -0800 Fasting glucose levels may independently predict the risk of being hospitalized with congestive heart failure in heart attack survivors and others who are at high risk of developing the disorder, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3045833Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:50:11 -0800 Despite the recent advances made in heart failure science and care, the disorder remains a significant burden for patients and families. The complexity of heart failure necessitates a patient-focused, interdisciplinary approach to treatment and care. Ultimately, most care is done in the home by patients and their families or other caregivers, yet the promotion of patient self-care has received relatively little systematic attention from researchers.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3046905Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:49:36 -0800 Elderly patients with congestive heart failure who took one of four commonly prescribed statin drugs for lowering cholesterol had a reduced risk of dying after leaving the hospital, no matter which statin they were on. The risk of dying appeared to decrease the longer the patients took the statin. On average, the doses of the drugs were low, and increasing the dose seemed to have no effect. The researchers believe that this increased survival may be an effect of the statins independent of their ability to lower cholesterol.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3055295Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:49:06 -0800 Eating whole-grain breakfast cereals seven or more times per week was associated with a lower risk of heart failure, according to an analysis of the observational Physicians’ Health Study. Researchers presented findings of the study today at the American Heart Association’s 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. For the present study, breakfast cereals that contain at least 25 percent oat or bran content were classified as whole-grain cereals. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3045797Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:48:28 -0800 Try not to feel embarrassed about raising this question with your physician or other healthcare providers. They've heard it before. Most people with heart failure can continue sexual relations once symptoms are under control. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=359Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:47:54 -0800 With the right treatment and some changes in daily life, most people with heart failure feel better and can lead happier, healthier lives. Heart failure treatments can reduce fatigue, shortness of breath and tissue swelling. When you feel better and have more energy, living with heart failure becomes easier. In some cases, the right treatment can help prevent or slow down the progression of heart failure. Talk with your healthcare professional about the most appropriate medical or surgical treatment options for you.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1579Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:47:21 -0800 All of us lose some blood-pumping ability in our hearts as we age. But the more serious loss that we call heart failure results from the added stress of health conditions that either damage the heart or make it work too hard. In fact, all of the behaviors that you probably associate with heart disease or heart attack — such as having high blood pressure, smoking, being overweight, eating foods high in fat and cholesterol, not exercising and having diabetes — can also cause heart failure. In some cases, though, behavior has absolutely nothing to do with heart failure. For instance, some people who develop heart failure were born with structural heart defects, while in others a virus damaged the heart muscle.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=324Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:46:44 -0800 The term "heart failure" makes it sound like the heart is no longer working at all and there’s nothing that can be done. Actually, heart failure means that the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should be. Your body depends on the heart’s pumping action to deliver oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood to the body’s cells. When the cells are nourished properly, the body can function normally. With heart failure, the weakened heart can’t supply the cells with enough blood. This results in fatigue and shortness of breath. Everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs or carrying groceries can become very difficult.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1593Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:46:08 -0800 Once a person has been diagnosed with heart failure, it's important for them to keep track of symptoms and report any sudden changes to their physician. This table lists the most common signs and symptoms, explains why they occur and describes how to recognize them.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=339Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:45:37 -0800 Heart failure patients are at higher risk for fractures, including debilitating hip fractures, than other heart patients and should be screened and treated for osteoporosis, Canadian researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. One year after an emergency room visit, 4.6 percent of heart failure patients experienced a fracture compared to only 1 percent of other heart patients. The one-year rate for hip fractures was 1.3 percent for heart failure patients compared to only 0.1 percent for other heart patients.http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=551Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:44:49 -0800 Heart failure is estimated to affect 4 to 5 million Americans, with 550 000 new cases reported annually.1 In the past 3 decades, both the incidence and prevalence of heart failure have increasedhttp://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/102/19/2443Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:43:54 -0800 Heart failure patients in Soweto, South Africa, are more likely to be middle-aged and female compared to patients in Western nations, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Results of The Heart of Soweto Study present a more complex picture of fighting the disease in urban Africa than researchers expected.http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=619Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:42:31 -0800 Training heart failure patients in self-management skills doesn’t have additional benefits over enhanced patient education, according to late-breaking clinical outcomes results announced at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3051705Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:41:03 -0800 This document has been provided to the American Heart Association by Christus Hospital as an example of discharge orders. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use discharge orders. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own discharge orders based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3047984Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:40:20 -0800 Exercise increased the growth of new muscle cells and blood vessels in the weakened muscles of people with heart failure, according to two studies reported today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007. “If you have heart failure, exercise training can improve your health status, increase your ability to exercise and reverse patterns of muscle damage that are common in heart failure,” said Axel Linke, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a co-author on both studies.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3050877Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:42 -0800 When heart failure patients gain weight, their chance of requiring hospitalization soon increases significantly, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. While doctors have known weight increase may indicate worsening heart failure, researchers hadn’t specifically examined whether and when weight gain increases heart failure patients’ hospitalization risk.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3050287Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:06 -0800 Results of a clinical trial to determine the efficacy and safety of adding rosuvastatin 10 mg to optimal therapy in patients with ischemic heart disease and systolic heart failure were presented as late-breaking research at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3051709Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:38:27 -0800 This document has been provided to the American Heart Association by Kent Hospital as an example of standing orders. This document is available only to give you an idea of how some hospitals might use standing orders. By including this document on its Web site, the American Heart Association does not represent that this document is complete, accurate or efficacious, or that it follows all the American Heart Association guidelines for secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular events or stroke. Hospitals should design their own standing orders based on their own procedures and professional experience.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3047792Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:37:30 -0800 As a healthcare professional involved in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, you play an important role on multiple levels. This site gives you tools to encourage: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028919Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:36:32 -0800 The Arteriosclerosis/Heart Failure Translational Research Prize recognizes outstanding translational research by early and mid-career independent nurse investigators in the area of arteriosclerosis and/or heart failure. The award provides support toward pilot or preliminary work, which will enhance the proposal for new and continued outside funding in the area of arteriosclerosis and/or heart failure. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11123Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:35:59 -0800 Final results were presented from a study to determine whether cardiovascular mortality can most effectively be reduced by trying to maintain a normal heart rhythm or by simply controlling the heart rate in people with both heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation during the late-breaking clinical trials presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3051715Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:35:03 -0800 Please plan to join us for dinner at the Keystone Ranch on Wednesday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. You will experience the extraordinary blend of the Colorado frontier and fine dining in the rustic elegance of this original 1930s ranch homestead. Set on the Robert Trent Jones Jr. Golf Course, it has breathtaking valley views surrounded by rolling mountain peaks. The council dinner is included in the registration fee. You will receive your dinner ticket upon registration on site at the Keystone Conference Center. Guest tickets are $35 and may be purchased with your conference registration. Please mark "Yes" or "No" on the registration form so that your dinner registration is accurately accounted for.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3049806Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:34:14 -0800 Heart failure patients are more likely to comply with important non-medication interventions, such as fluid and salt restrictions and regular weighing, when they have intensive support from a heart failure nurse and multidisciplinary team than if they do not, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3050866Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:33:06 -0800 Managing heart failure isn't always easy, and people who've been diagnosed may not be able to do it alone. Physically, they often can't handle all the tasks they once could. The diet and lifestyle changes, medications and depression may be stressful and difficult. Family members and friends provide a much-needed source of care and support.http://americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1412Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:32:18 -0800 The Post-Graduate Education Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, in collaboration with the Sociedad Española de Cardiologia, has prepared this slide set. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=637Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:31:44 -0800 Prevention of Heart Failure. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and High Blood Pressure Research; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group; and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Grouphttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3055509Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:30:52 -0800 "I've been asked more than once, 'So, after you found out you had this heart condition, what did you do?' The first thing I did was sit on our deck and fool around with paint brushes and a canvas.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200006Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:30:01 -0800 Heart failure in the young is a common problem that has significant morbidity and mortality, and carries substantial long-term social and financial costs. The leading cause is congenital heart disease, which is the most common birth defect and is also the fifth ranked cause of years of potential life lost.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3051868Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:29:05 -0800 Learning to live with heart failure may be easier if you understand what's happening inside the body. This section explains what happens when someone develops heart failure.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=337Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:28:22 -0800 Click on the underlined word to see detailed medical illustrations.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=343Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:27:50 -0800 Prevention of Heart Failure pdf documenthttp://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.188965Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:24:15 -0800 When you have heart failure, it means that your heart isn’t pumping blood as it should. Heart failure can get worse if it’s not treated. This information sheet provides answers to the following questions regarding congestive heart failure:http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007483Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:23:38 -0800 This information sheet discusses how heart failure can be treated to help you lead a more comfortable life, while living with this condition. It provides answers to the following questions: What medicine might I take? What will help me get better? What should I watch out for? It also provides space for your doctor to write his recommendations for medication, diet and physical activity.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007459Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:22:25 -0800 Explains the causes and symptoms of congestive heart failure. Looks at treatments including diuretics, vasodilators, digitalis, sodium and potassium control, and surgery. Reassures readers that medicine and lifestyle changes can make a full, active life possible. Now updated with full-color photographic artwork.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=9258Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:21:38 -0800 Top research advances include studies that influence medical care, apply science to ‘real world’ communities Clinical studies that may influence medical care and research that demonstrates how science can be effectively applied in the real world top the list of heart disease and stroke advances from 2008, said Timothy Gardner, M.D., president of the American Heart Association.http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=648Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:20:33 -0800 Congestive heart failure (CHF), or heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs.The "failing" heart keeps working but not as efficiently as it should. People with heart failure can't exert themselves because they become short of breath and tired.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4585Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:18:09 -0800 Heart failure can be a serious, long-term condition, but you can live a full and enjoyable life with the right treatment and active attention to your lifestyle.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1486Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:08:28 -0800 HealthVault is a health technology platform from Microsoft that lets you store health information in a secure online record that you control. You can share your health records with caregivers and healthcare professionals to ensure the most effective, personalized and safe treatment possible for you and your family. Now you can use the health data from many sources stored in your HealthVault to complete your Heart Profilers profile – and you can export information you entered into the Heart Profilers tools to your HealthVault account.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3000416Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:08:28 -0800 Heart Failure is a chronic condition in which the heart muscle gets progressively weaker and is unable to pump effectively to meet the body's need for blood and oxygen. Heart failure usually results in an enlarged heart. It often causes shortness of breath, tiredness, and swelling of the legs and feet. Risk factors for this condition include high blood pressure, a previous heart attack, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and congenital heart disease. http://www.medmovie.com/mmdatabase/MediaPlayer.aspx?ClientID=65&TopicID=563Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:08:28 -0800