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Heart Failure Information

  • Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. It is not to be confused with "cessation of heartbeat", which is known as asystole, or with cardiac arrest, which is the cessation of normal cardiac function in the face of heart disease...
  • Because not all patients have volume overload at the time of initial or subsequent evaluation, the term "heart failure" is preferred over the older term "congestive heart failure". Congestive heart failure is often undiagnosed due to a lack of a universally agreed definition and difficulties in diagnosis, particularly when the condition is considered "mild."
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Statin users in my generation are the first to be on this drug for a lifetime, and we are still uncertain about long-term. I want to know each and every side effect or related health issue it may cause for me, so that I can make the decision about whether or not the risks are worth the benefit of taking the drug. Statins are an important tool ... Read More »
Last week I wrote about the predisposition in my family for heart disease, and the fact that I have been on medication for sky-high cholesterol since I was nine. The most common family of drugs used to treat high cholesterol are called statins, and they are very effective for people who do not respond well to a modified diet and exercise alone ... Read More »
Normally I write about infertility and miscarriage. I know more about both of those subjects than I ever wanted to because they came into my life, and to better deal with them, I learned about them. There is another health issue that is part of the fabric of my health, and about which I had to educate myself: heart disease. Heart disease has ... Read More »

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