Heart Failure
If heart failure is affecting your work, play or quality of life, our cardiologists are here to help.
If heart failure is affecting your work, play or quality of life, our cardiologists are here to help.
Heart failure means that the heart is not able to continuously pump oxygen-rich blood in and out of the heart. So if you suffer from heart failure, your body is not receiving the amount of oxygenated blood necessary to function properly. Examples of how we can help include medication and lifestyle changes.
Rarely is heart failure treated with surgery, and there is no cure for heart failure. Often, patients who suffer from heart failure are asked to take medications to treat the symptoms and attempt to prevent the disease from getting worse.
Some of the medications your doctor may prescribe include:
There are more aggressive treatment options, such as:
Explore our heart surgery options.
Especially for those who have heart surgery for heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation can help your heart recover after surgery or a heart attack. Our physicians and nurses work seamlessly with our cardiac rehabilitation team to provide you with a personalized plan to get you back to the activities and people you love.