Heart Failure Treatment
Your doctor will talk to you about heart failure and the different ways to manage your condition.
The cause of your heart failure will determine your treatment plan and it is likely to include
medications, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes. Some patients may need surgery, visit
this section again as we will be adding information about surgical interventions.
Your doctor may start one medication at a time and then add others and increase the doses over
a period of time. The following medications are recommended for all patients with heart failure:
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACEI) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), beta-
blockers, and diuretics. Click the links to the left and learn about these medications.4
Surgical treatment benefit patients whose heart failure was caused by ischemic (such as a heart
attack) or valvular heart disease. The goals of heart surgery are to maintain or improve cardiac
function, decrease heart failure episodes, reduce hospital admissions, and improve functional
class.
Take an active role in your heart failure management ; you too can live with heart failure!
This page was last modified on Monday, May 04, 2009