Proper heart failure treatment of underlying heart conditions can resolve the symptoms of heart failure. Lifestyle changes such as weight loss, stress management, exercise, and reduced salt intake- can improve quality of life.

Medical treatment of heart failure depends on the severity of the condition, patient’s age, type of heart failure and immunity. It may include one or more of the following:

– Medication, in cases where it is relatively mild- to reduce blood clots, heart rate, reduce sodium or cholesterol levels

– Bypass surgery- Using a piece of healthy veins or arteries from another part of the body and attaching it to the blocked coronary artery- creating a ‘bypass’

– Installation of a pacemaker- to resolve arrhythmia

– Percutaneous Coronary intervention- insertion of a catheter or balloon into the blocked artery

– Transplant surgery- in the final stages of heart failure when all other treatments have failed

– An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)- to keep track of the heart rate and shock the heart if it detects an abnormally low heart rate

Heart failure, sometimes also known as Congestive Heart Failure, is a long-term condition that occurs when the heart is unable to pump blood as well as it should. It does not mean that the heart has stopped functioning altogether; instead, it is working less efficiently than normal. Due to many reasons, blood moves through the body at a slower rate, increasing pressure on the heart. When this happens, blood flows back, and fluid can build up in the lungs, causing shortness of breath. The inability of the heart to pump blood effectively results in a malfunction of other organs as well. Try Second Opinion provides the second medical opinion for all types of heart disease.

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