Heart Failure

There are important things that you can do to help take care of yourself and manage heart failure. Things such as watching how much salt you eat or fluids your drink, weighing yourself and monitoring for any heart failure symptoms daily can help you to feel better and in control of your condition.

Resources:

• Patient Information Sheet: Living with Heart Failure
• Patient Information Sheet: Caring for yourself or someone with Heart Failure
• Patient Information Sheet: Heart Failure Zones (cardiacbc.ca)
• Patient Information Sheet: Limiting Fluids (cardiacbc.ca)
• Patient Information Sheet: Limiting Salt (cardiacbc.ca)
• Patient Information Sheet: Daily Weights (cardiacbc.ca)
• Patient Information Sheet: Importance of Staying Active
• Patient Information Sheet: Know your Potassium Foods
• Patient Information Sheet: Depression and HF
• Patient Information Sheet: Anxiety
• Patient Information Sheet: Stress
• Patient Information Sheet: HeartLife Foundation Patient Toolkit

Mindfulness + Pause Practice Videos Education Series playlist

From the Heart Pause Practice

Setting Intentions Pause Practice

Receiving Hope + Releasing Fear Mindfulness Practice

There are many medications that may be prescribed to help you manage heart failure. These medications may slow the progress of your heart failure, reduce your heart failure symptoms and improve the quality of your life.

Taking your medications is an important part of your heart failure care. Speak with your health-care provider or pharmacist before changing or stopping any medications.

• Medication Information Sheet: Aldosterone Blockers
• Medication Information Sheet: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• Medication Information Sheet: Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker
• Medication Information Sheet: Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor
• Medication Information Sheet: Beta Blocker
• Medication Information Sheet: Digoxin
• Medication Information Sheet: Diuretics
• Medication Information Sheet: Herbs and Supplements (Safety Advice)
• Medication Information Sheet: Hydralazine and Nitrate
• Medication Information Sheet: Ivabradine
• Medication Information Sheet: Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i)
• Medication Information Sheet: Understanding Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
• Medication Information Sheet: Warfarin

A heart device is a small electronic device that may be used to help the heart pump, to check your heart rate or to treat serious heart rhythms that may make your feel unwell.

• Pacemaker
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)

Learn more about these implanted heart devices

• Heart Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery
• Heart Surgery

Managing Heart Failure: Heart Failure and Heart Function Clinics

Managing Heart Failure: Heart Failure Zones and the Role of a Medication Action Plan

Managing Heart Failure: The Role of Sodium and Fluid

Managing Heart Failure: Keeping Active

Managing Heart Failure: Medications

Managing Heart Failure: Mental Health and Well Being

Managing Heart Failure: Goals of Care – For Patients

Managing Heart Failure: Device Education - For Patients

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