21. Heart Failure Offers a description, the symptoms, causes, tests, treatment, medications, and follow up with your doctor. heart failure? Despite the way it sounds, the term "heart failure" simply means that your heart isn't pumping blood as http://familydoctor.org/handouts/119.html

Information from Your Family Doctor Heart Failure What is heart failure? Despite the way it sounds, the term "heart failure" simply means that your heart isn't pumping blood as well as it should. Heart failure doesn't mean your heart has stopped working or that you are having a heart attack. Heart failure is also called congestive heart failure, or CHF. "Congestive" means fluid is building up in the body because the heart isn't pumping properly. What causes heart failure? Heart failure has many different causes. Sometimes the exact cause can't be found. The most common causes of heart failure are listed below: Coronary artery disease (narrowing of the blood vessels to the heart)often people with heart failure have had a heart attack in the past Problems with the heart muscle itself (known as cardiomyopathy) High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) Problems with any of the heart valves Abnormal heart rhythms (also called arrythmias) Toxic substances (such as alcohol abuse) Congenital heart disease (a heart problem you were born with) What are the symptoms of heart failure?

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23. Congestive Heart Failure Learn more about congestive heart failure, its treatment, and waysto cope with stress and the disease. Congestive heart failure, http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1486

24. Beta-Blockers - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center information page about this group of medications used to treat high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and angina. http://www.tmc.edu/thi/betameds.html

//var DOCUMENTGROUP=''; //var DOCUMENTNAME=''; //var ACTION=''; Heart Information Center Beta-Blockers (Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Drugs) En español Commonly Used Brand Names in the United States: Betapace (sotalol), Blocadren (timolol), Cartrol (carteolol), Coreg (carvedilol), Corgard (nadolol), Inderal (propranolol), Inderal-LA (propranolol), Kerlone (betaxolol), Levatol (penbutolol), Lopressor (metoprolol), Normodyne (labetalol), Sectral (acebutolol), Tenormin (atenolol), Toprol-XL (metoprolol), Trandate (labetalol), Visken (pindolol), Zebeta (bisoprolol) Commonly Used Brand Names in Canada: Apo-Atenolol (atenolol), Apo-Metoprolol (metoprolol), Apo-Propranolol (propranolol), Apo-Timol (timolol), Betaloc (metoprolol), Blocadren (timolol), Corgard (nadolol), Inderal (propranolol), Lopressor (metoprolol), Monitan (acebutolol), Novo-Atenol (atenolol), Novometoprol (metoprolol), Novo-Pindol (pindolol), Novo-Timol (timolol), Sectral (acebutolol), Sotacor (sotalol), Tenormin (atenolol), Trandate (labetalol), Trasicor (oxprenolol), Visken (pindolol) The information in this section has been taken from a number of sources. It is meant to give you information about certain medicines, but it does not cover all of the possible uses, warnings, side effects, or interactions with other medicines and vitamin or herbal supplements. This page should not be used as medical advice for individual problems. Please talk to your doctor and/or your pharmacist for full prescription information.

25. American Heart Association Understand your treatment options for high blood pressure, heart failure,coronary artery disease, cholesterol or atrial fibrillation. http://www.americanheart.org/

American Heart Association Join The Heart Of Diabetes: It's Free and Easy Do you have diabetes? Does someone you know? The Heart Of Diabetes is a free program with valuable tools and tips to help you understand insulin resistance and manage diabetes. Use the Heart Healthy Tracker to make a habit of tracking your progress and improving your blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. more March Is National Nutrition Month The heart-check mark is changing the way America eats...and shops. Obesity in Children Heart disease begins in childhood and so must prevention efforts, according to new guidelines. Join the American Heart Walk With your participation and support we can help save lives. more Children: Heart Learn about diagnosis and treatment options in this section. more Satellite Broadcast "Emerging Science more Find events happening in your community. Enter a zip code here: Don't Know the ZIP CODE? Click Here to find by State Heart Attack Warning Signs: - Chest discomfort - Discomfort in other areas of the upper body - Shortness of breath - Cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness

26. "A Clinic For Clinical Trials And Research In Baltimore Maryland Current trials list may include studies on hypertension, migraine headaches, heart failure, and diabetes. Located in Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.discoverresearch.com/

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27. Biogen Created drug that helps treat certain kinds of Multiple Sclerosis. New research is focusing on respiratory diseases, congestive heart failure and other diseases. http://www.biogen.com/site/content/index.asp

Biogen Breaks Ground on Large-Scale Manufacturing Facility in Denmark Biogen to Report First Quarter 2003 Financial Results on April 17, 2003 (before market open) AVONEX® Approved by FDA for Patients with Early Multiple Sclerosis FDA APPROVES BIOGEN'S AMEVIVE® (alefacept) FOR TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS Terms and Conditions of Use BIOGEN . Designed by Foster Design Group, Inc. , and created and maintained by embarc Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

28. Medical School Resources Medical School Resources. by Michael Greger, MD and United ProgressiveAlumni. heart failure Diary of a Third Year Medical Student. http://upalumni.org/medschool/

Medical School Resources by Michael Greger, MD and United Progressive Alumni Heart Failure - Diary of a Third Year Medical Student Preface Acknowledgments Pediatrics - Failure to Thrive Surgery - A Cut Below the Rest ... About the Author Additional Resources Medschool Discussion Forum Applying to Medschool Questions or comments about this website? E-mail the webmaster@upalumni.org UPA is proud to be affiliated with CRESP: The Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy

29. Assessing The Efficacy Of A Clinical Pathway In The Management Of Older Patients Provided by the Journal of Healthcare Quality. It is an investigation of pathways in managing CHF patients. Read the article before June 30, 2000, and pass the test, CEU's will be given. http://www.allenpress.com/JHQ/079/079.htm

30. Cardiology Online - International Academy Of Cardiology Cardiology Online is a cardiology guide and directory for congresses, meetings andpublications on heart disease and heart failure of the International Academy http://www.cardiologyonline.com/

Last updated 02/12/2003 22:09 To download the Scientific Program, click here The International Academy of Cardiology is dedicated to the advancement of global research in cardiovascular medicine through the support of scientific meetings and publications. FUTURE CONGRESSES C ARDIOLOGY ONLINE NEWS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY 3rd WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE - NEW TRENDS IN RESEARCH, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ... Abstract Deadline: March 5, 2004 PREVIOUS CONGRESSES 8th WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART FAILURE - MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT July 13-16, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, DC, USA Photo Album coming soon Proceedings Book ISBN: 88-323 Available also on CD-ROM 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ... WASHINGTON, DC, USA MEETINGS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY VALVES IN THE HEART OF THE BIG APPLE I II: ... May 8-9, 2003

31. Don't Lose Heart Mom always threatened dire consequences if you flunked out of high school. But death? Maybe, according a study by the American Medical Association. Researchers found an increased risk of congestive heart failure in people who, for one reason or another, failed to complete high school. While the education level itself was not seen as a factor, the poor socioeconomic conditions often associated with a substandard education are. High blood pressure, excessive weight, smoking, and physical inactivity are all contributors to congestive heart failure, the study said, and all are associated with people on the lower rungs of the education ladder. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/18744.html

32. Cardiomyopathy And CHF ! A message board for people with heart conditions to be able to talk with others with the same problems. http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/31466

Cardiomyopathy and CHF Messages !! THis forum is for us all to be able to talk about or leave a message about whatever we want. Whether it's heart related or just to leave a brief message. Just take a minute and say Hi. We wold love to hear from you. Also if you have any questions I will try my best to give or get the answer for you. :) Post now! View all messages Go back David McFarland on Mar 12, 2003 your experiences! Kimberly Gamble on Mar 6, 2003 Newly diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy Kim on Feb 26, 2003 Hi Kim Larry on Mar 13, 2003 Me too Cyprina Madrid on Mar 17, 2003 I understand Rose on Mar 23, 2003 EF information Janie on Jan 29, 2003 Information Robyn on Jan 27, 2003 Cardiomyopathy site Philip on Jan 29, 2003 CHF Place Philip on Jan 26, 2003 Can anyone offer me some info about CHF and CARDIOMIOPATHY? sky on Jan 11, 2003 beth on Jan 28, 2003 Cardiomyopathy and Life Insurance Jennifer on Dec 27, 2002 Re: Cardiomyopathy and Life Insurance Anonymous on Feb 4, 2003 Know of any Support Groups in Az or PA?

33. Index The Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and heart failure Practice is dedicatedto excellence in patient care, research and education. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/cardiology/heart/

Home Definitions Evaluation and Treatment Faculty Familial Cardiomyopathy ... Your Support The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has become a leading center for the treatment and study of patients with cardiomyopathy. The Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice is dedicated to excellence in patient care, research and education. We created this Web Site to describe the clinical developments as well as the members of the multidisciplinary team assembled at Johns Hopkins to fight cardiomyopathy and heart failure. No two patients with heart failure, cardiomyopathy or heart transplantation are identical. The appropriate treatment of individual cases varies greatly. The information expressed in this Web site should not be considered medical advice. Patients should consult their physician. All content is reviewed by staff of the Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice through the office of Dr. Edward Kasper at (410) 955-5708. This site was last updated on: 03/07/2003 Carnegie 568, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 USA

34. Viewsonic Discovers and develops nonsurgical gene therapy products for treating cardiovascular diseases, including coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure and heart attack. (Nasdaq CLTX). http://www.collateralthx.com/

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35. NOVA Online | Cut To The Heart Includes a history of surgery, congestive heart failure and treatment, treatment techniques, images Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease Failure...... Treating a Sick Heart Read this overview of how the heart works, what heartfailure is, and how to treat it, from noted physician Robert Soufer. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/

Welcome to the companion Web site for the NOVA program, "Cut to the Heart," originally broadcast on April 8, 1997. The program explores a radical but promising new form of heart surgery that flies in the face of what most heart surgeons learned in medical school. Here's what you'll find online: Pioneers of Heart Surgery Learn how military doctors working during World War II pioneered advances in antibiotics, anesthesia, and blood transfusions that ushered in the age of modern surgery. Treating a Sick Heart Read this overview of how the heart works, what heart failure is, and how to treat it, from noted physician Robert Soufer. Troubled Hearts Explore annotated photos of diseased hearts and find out what ails them. Map of the Human Heart (Hot Science) See exactly how blood flows through the amazing muscle called the human heart and learn fascinating heart facts. Text Heart Home Pioneers Treating Troubled Hearts ... Shop NOVA is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit

36. Pacemaker Therapy Halves Heart Failure Deaths MEDIA CONTACT Karen Blum PHONE 410955-1534 E-MAIL kblum@jhmi.edu. PacemakerTherapy Halves heart failure Deaths – Also cuts hospitalizations. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2003/February/030211A.htm

February 11, 2003 MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Blum PHONE: E-MAIL: kblum@jhmi.edu Pacemaker Therapy Halves Heart Failure Deaths Using specialized pacemakers to recharge the weakened hearts of heart failure patients can halve the death rate from the disease and reduce hospitalizations by nearly a third, a Johns Hopkins study has found. Results of the study, which analyzed clinical trials of pacemaker therapy for heart failure involving a total of 1,634 patients, are published in the Feb. 12 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. "The devices range in cost from $20,000 to $50,000," says lead author David J. Bradley, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiology fellow. "These specialized pacemakers have been known to improve the quality of life for heart failure patients, but whether they also save lives had been unclear." Heart failure accounts for more than 700,000 hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries every year, Bradley says. In the year 2000, hospitalization charges amounted to $14 billion. Half of deaths among these patients are caused by progressive cardiac dysfunction, which pacemakers help correct by stimulating the heart muscle to contract, pumping blood to the body. Heart failure, which affects nearly 5 million people in the United States, is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs. This can result from assorted problems including heart attack, high blood pressure or heart valve disease. The "failing" heart keeps working but not as efficiently as it should. People with heart failure can't exert themselves because they become short of breath and tired.

37. PRIMACOR - Helps The Heart Work Smarter, Not Harder A phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDE III) that is indicated for the shortterm intravenous treatment of patients with acute decompensated heart failure. Site provides information for health care professionals and patients. http://www.primacor.com/

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38. EMedicine - Congestive Heart Failure And Pulmonary Edema : Article By Shamai Gro Congestive heart failure and Pulmonary Edema Congestive heart failure (CHF)is an imbalance in pump function in which the heart fails to maintain the http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic108.htm

document.write(''); (advertisement) Home Specialties CME PDA ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Emergency Medicine Cardiovascular Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema Last Updated: January 11, 2002 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: CHF, pulmonary edema AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 10 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Shamai Grossman, MD, MS , Director, The Cardiac Emergency Center, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Coauthor(s): David FM Brown, MD , Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Shamai Grossman, MD, MS, is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians Editor(s): William Chiang, MD

39. Coreg - Raising Heart Failure Awareness Official pharmaceutial website includes a description of carvedilol, a medicine used in the treatment of mild and moderate heart failure. Includes information for patients and families about heart failure diagnosis, treatment, healthy food choices, lifestyle and prescribing information. http://coreg.com

Welcome to the Coreg website What is Coreg Coreg , also known as carvedilol, belongs to a class of medicines known as beta-blockers. Coreg has been proven to help patients with hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart failure. Your doctor wants to put you on Coreg for hypertension because it effectively lowers blood pressure. For heart failure, your doctor wants to put you on Coreg because it reduces the amount of work for the heart and helps the heart to pump enough blood through the body. Your doctor also recommended Coreg because it is proven to increase survival and decrease hospital stays in heart failure patients. Why does my doctor want to put me on Coreg What can I expect from Coreg ... carvedilol? Coreg received FDA approval to increase survival and decrease hospitalization in severe heart failure. Do you have any of the following recognizable symptoms of heart failure? What is heart failure? Heart failure affects nearly 5 million people in the United States, and many people don't even know they have it because symptoms of heart failure can be mistaken for signs of getting older, or other conditions. Learn more about heart failure Testing your heart health If a doctor thinks you might have congestive heart failure, he or she will probably order one or more of the following tests to get a better idea of how your heart is working

40. Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) - CardiologyChannel Information on diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure monitored by board certified Cardiolog Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease Failure......Congestive heart failure (CHF), or heart failure, describes any condition in whichthe heart is unable to adequately pump blood throughout the body and/or http://www.cardiologychannel.com/chf/

Home Search SiteMap Ask the Dr. ... Medical Store advertisement advertisement CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis ... Treatment Profiler CONDITIONS Angina Aortic Stenosis Atrial Fibrillation Chest Pain ... Congestive Heart Failure Endocarditis Heart Attack High Cholesterol Hypertension ... Pericarditis DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Cardiac Catheterization Coronary Angioplasty TREATMENTS Pacemaker RESOURCES Anatomy Clinical Trials Links News Focus ... Videos About Us Healthcommunities.com Pressroom Testimonials Overview Congestive heart failure, or heart failure, is a term used to describe any condition in which the heart is unable to adequately pump blood throughout the body and/or unable to prevent blood from "backing up" into the lungs. These conditions cause symptoms such as shortness of breath (dyspnea), fatigue, weakness, and swelling (edema) of the legs and sometimes the abdomen. Normal Blood Flow of the Heart The heart has a right side and a left side. Each side has a chamber that receives blood returning to the heart (atrium) and a muscular chamber that is responsible for pumping blood out of the heart (ventricle). Atria are relatively thin-walled chambers, whereas the ventricles are much more muscular. Blood passes from the atria into the ventricles through two processes. During the "resting phase," when the ventricles are not contracting, the tricuspid and mitral valves open. Some of the blood that has accumulated in the atria passively flows through the tricuspid and mitral valves into the right and left ventricles, respectively. The atria then contract, actively pumping blood out and into the ventricles. Once the ventricles fill with blood, they contract, pumping blood out of the ventricles and to the lungs and body.

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