So, how do you treat heart failure? Well, there are many different ways to treat heart failure and it depends on the cause. One of the most common causes of heart failure would be atherosclerosis, or a buildup of cholesterol plaque in the arteries which limit the blood flow and can lead to heart attack and a weakened heart muscle.
One major way to treat that would be to restore some of the blood flow with various procedures like an angioplasty or stent, or coronary artery bypass surgery. In addition, a lot of medications will help prevent the progression of that atherosclerosis and lead to restoration of heart muscle function. Another major cause of heart failure would be cardiomyopathy, or a weakened heart muscle, coming from various conditions such as infections or direct toxins. And a treatment would involve treating the infection and removing the offending toxin.
For all patients with heart failure, taking the medicines that improve heart muscle function, as well as seeing your doctor regularly, limiting your sodium intake, and keeping a daily weight log are important ways to help improve your heart failure symptoms and restore your heart muscle’s function.The good news is that while heart failure us often not curable, it’s very much treatable by seeing your doctor regularly and taking the medicines they prescribe. And those would be the basic ways that we treat heart failure.
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10.32 -> one of the most common causes of heart
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13.679 -> buildup of cholesterol plaque in the
14.96 -> arteries which limit the blood flow and
16.4 -> can lead to heart attack and a weakened
18 -> heart muscle
19.6 -> one major way to treat that would be to
21.439 -> restore some of the blood flow with
22.88 -> various procedures like an angioplasty
25.119 -> or stent or coronary artery bypass
27.519 -> surgery
28.56 -> in addition a lot of medications will
30.24 -> help prevent the progression of that
31.519 -> atherosclerosis and lead to restoration
33.84 -> of heart muscle function another major
35.68 -> cause of heart failure would be
37.2 -> cardiomyopathy or a weakened heart
38.879 -> muscle coming from various conditions
41.36 -> such as infections or direct toxins and
43.84 -> a treatment would involve treating the
45.28 -> infection and removing the offending
47.12 -> toxin for all patients with heart
48.8 -> failure taking the medicines that
50.079 -> improve heart muscle function as well as
51.84 -> seeing your doctor regularly limiting
53.68 -> your sodium intake and keeping a daily
55.76 -> weight loss are important ways to help
57.44 -> improve your heart failure symptoms and
59.28 -> restore your heart muscle's function the
60.879 -> good news is that while heart failure is
