Heart Failure

Latest News
• Gene May Predict Success of Heart Failure Drug (03/27/2001, Reuters)
• New Pacing Device Helps Heart Patients (03/21/2001, United Press International)
• Viagra Appears Safe for Some Heart Patients (03/20/2001, Reuters)
• More News on Heart Failure

From the National Institutes of Health
• Facts About Heart Failure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

General/Overviews

• Congestive Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
• Living with Heart Disease: Is it Heart Failure? (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Understanding Congestive Heart Failure (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - links to PDF file

Anatomy/Physiology

• Heart : How It Works (American Heart Association)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Failure, Congestive (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Heart Failure (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials
• Clinical Trials: Congestive Heart Failure (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Coping

• Traveling with Oxygen: Planning is Key (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Cardiac Catheterization (Animation Education Group)
• Heart Diagnostic Tests and Procedures (American Heart Association)
• Radiography-Chest (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
• What is an Echocardiogram? Frequently Asked Questions (American Society of Echocardiography)

Disease Management

• Home Oxygen Therapy (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Lifestyle and Exercise (American Heart Association)
• Living with Heart Failure: Caregivers Guide (American Heart Association)
• Working with Your Doctor (American Heart Association)

Nutrition

• Living With Heart Failure: Diet (American Heart Association)

Research

• Chronic Heart Failure and Exercise (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Treatment

• Batista Heart Failure Procedure (American Heart Association)
• Congestive Heart Failure and Carvedilol (American Heart Association)
• Digoxin: A Medicine for Heart Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Medications Commonly Used to Treat Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
• Types of Perfusion (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

Organizations

• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Statistics

• CDC Reports Fewer Deaths From Congestive Heart Failure (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• Congestive Heart Failure in the United States - A New Epidemic (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Seniors

• Facts About Heart Failure in Older Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Treating Heart Failure Today (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)

Español/Spanish

• Ecocardiograma (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
• Ecocardiograma de Esfuerzo (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
• Insuficiencia Cardíaca (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Insuficiencia Cardíaca Congestiva Sintomas dignos de Reportar (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
• Prueba del Ejercicio de la Rueda de Molino (University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)