Managing your Appointments
Doctor appointments can be stressful. Aside from not feeling well, factors such as anxiety, a lot of information provided too quickly, and unfamiliar medical language, can make appointments difficult.
Standards of Care
When you visit your doctor, you have the basic expectation that you will receive the most appropriate and up-to-date treatment for your illness or injury, regardless of who you see or where you go. You also trust that the doctor will treat you the same way they would treat any other patient suffering from the same illness.
Three Heart Failure Champions Share Their Stories
Cultural Barriers, Healthcare System Challenges, and a Lifetime of Self-Advocacy: Three Heart Failure Champions Share Their Stories A diagnosis of heart failure is scary and confusing. It takes time to understand and accept. Navigating the healthcare system is...
myUHN and Medly
myUHN myUHN is a secure website for patients of University Health Network. The website lets you safely see your appointments and results from all UHN sites as soon as they are ready. With myUHN, you can access your personal health record anywhere, anytime on a...
Participate in Heart Failure Research
To realize the promise of a healthy heart, research must explore questions relevant to those living with heart failure, and partner with them in creating new innovations in diagnosis, treatment and care
Clinics and Referrals
Our Clinics Select clinics and programs at UHN’s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) related to heart function and cardiotoxicity are highlighted below. Further information on hospital services and locations is available on the UHN website. If you are a physician who...
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning Heart failure is a serious illness. Most people living with heart failure will experience a gradual worsening and will eventually die from the disease. Although doctors may be able to give you a rough idea of your prognosis, it is impossible to...
Device Therapies
Device Therapies are specialized pacemakers that either make your heart pump more efficiently or protect you from life threatening arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms). Deciding on whether a device is right for you – and selecting a device – depends on several factors, such as severity of your symptoms and heart function (as measured by the ejection fraction).
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?
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 hesitate to discuss with your...