About Heart Failure

 

 

Welcome! This Web site was created with the intention to provide information about heart failure

 

to older adults and to foster communication among those troubled by this condition. Our mission

 

is to assemble the latest health information to aid individuals with heart failure feel better and live

 

longer. Our ultimate goal is to help you gain a better understanding of heart failure and how important

 

your role is in its management.

 

 

Heart failure is a serious yet common health condition affecting millions of people worldwide.

 

The American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org) and the Heart Failure Society of

 

America (www.hfsa.org) estimate that about 5 million Americans are living with heart failure.

 

The severity of your heart failure is likely to progress and it is a major cause of hospitalizations.

 

In many cases, there is no cure for heart failure but following your treatment plan as recommended

 

by your doctor and modifying your lifestyle can help you control its progression. To put it simply

 

and like Syed Jaffry, MD, said “your heart is in your hands”;  with the support of your health care

 

team you too can manage your heart failure successfully. Click on the links at the top and to the

 

left to learn more about heart failure. There are useful tools on several pages and you can also find

 

some of them grouped  on the Prevention page.