Medications
Heart failure medications work in different ways. They may strengthen the heart’s pumping function, reduce the amount of work that the heart has to do or help manage symptoms.
How is Heart Failure Diagnosed?
How is Heart Failure Diagnosed? Detecting heart failure can be difficult because symptoms may be confused with other conditions. But early diagnosis is key to helping patients stay active and out of the hospital. A number of different tests can be arranged – don’t...
How is Heart Failure Managed?
Heart failure treatments can help people with heart failure live longer, feel better, and avoid being admitted to hospital. Different treatments and approaches to managing heart failure work in combination, and require participation from patients, caregivers, and the health care team.
Related Conditions
Heart Function and Related Conditions Heart failure rarely occurs on its own. Various conditions can make the heart work harder than it should, exacerbating your heart failure symptoms. Heart failure can also lead to additional complications, such as kidney or liver...
The Heart and How it Works
The Heart and How it Works View the ‘How the Heart Works’ interactive module to learn about the various parts of your heart and how the heart contracts and pumps blood to your body. How the Heart Works The Heart and Blood Flow The heart circulates...
What is Heart Failure?
What is Heart Failure? Heart failure describes a condition where the heart is unable to meet the needs of the body. It is a chronic condition, which means most people live with heart failure for the rest of their lives and will eventually die from it....
Research Outcomes and Reports
Clinicians and researchers at Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research are constantly working to accelerate the discovery of new approaches to treating heart failure and cardiotoxicity. Each publication and report draws on findings from an earlier study and lays the groundwork for a future one, propelling advancements in care forward.
Heart Failure Zones
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Being a Caregiver
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Diagnostic Testing
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