• Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids Actionset Discusses need to watch fluid intake with heart failure. Gives tips for keeping track of fluid intake, spreading fluids throughout the day, and managing thirst.
  • Heart Failure: Limiting Sodium Learn how sodium affects heart failure symptoms and get tips for low-sodium meals.
  • Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)? Decision Point Guides you through decision to get an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Gives information about ICDs and asks questions to help you learn if an ICD is right for you. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you decide.
  • Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Learn from another person with heart failure about the importance of taking your medicines.
  • Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It's used when your heart is not able to pump enough blood on its own. The device consists of a pump, tubes that connect the pump to the heart, a control system, and a power source. A thin cable connects the pump with the...
  • High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) Test Medical Test The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) test is a blood test that finds lower levels of C-reactive protein (CRP). This protein measures general levels of inflammation in your body. The hs-CRP can be used to find the risk for heart disease and stroke in people who don't already have heart disease. The hs-CRP...
  • Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the heart muscle and the way it pumps. There are different types of cardiomyopathies. And these types have different causes. Cardiomyopathy may occur as a result of damage to the heart, such as from a heart...
  • Lyme Disease Discusses Lyme disease, an infection spread by ticks. Includes info on deer ticks. Covers symptoms and Lyme disease tests. Covers treatment with antibiotics. Includes info on complications from not treating Lyme disease. Offers prevention tips.
  • Lyme Disease Test Medical Test Discusses antibody test used to detect Lyme disease. Covers two types of test (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot test). Covers why and how they are done. Includes info on what results mean.
  • Statins Are Important After a Heart Attack Learn why taking a statin pill is such an important part of your treatment.

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