If you understand what happens when you’re diagnosed with heart failure, your treatment plan will make more sense to you.
How a Healthy Heart Works
Your heart pumps oxygen-rich blood and nutrients all over your body.
What Happens with Heart Failure
Your heart is unable to pump the blood your body needs to function. This is the result of a weak heart, weakened by conditions or diseases that affect the heart muscle.
Causes of Heart Failure
Any time of heart damage weakens the muscle and may lead to heart failure.
Symptoms of Heart Failure
Whatever your symptoms, they are caused by either a buildup of fluid or lack of oxygen in your tissues. You may experience some or all of these symptoms.
Diagnostic Tests
- 3D Echo
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac CT
- Cardiac MRI
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiograms (EKG, ECG)
- Electrophysiology Study
- Stress Testing
Treatment Procedures
- Angioplasty (PTCA, PCI)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Heart Transplant Surgery
- Heart Valve Repair / Replacement
- Pacemakers and ICDs
- Septal Ablation
- Ventricular Assist Devices
- Aortic Valve Repair / Replacement
- Mitral Valve Repair / Replacement
