101. Fox's Medical Page A site describing a young woman's struggle with cardiomyopathy. She has a left ventricular assist device, and is waiting for a heart transplant. Site has links to educational sites on heart failure, assist devices, organ donation, and recipes. http://members.tripod.com/ferociousfox/id33.htm

var TlxPgNm='id33'; var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" My Story My name is Rebecca. I am 32 years old. I decided to do this particular page in 2001 so people could get an idea of what has happened in my life the past few years. It has since been revised. My hope is that people might gain knowledge, understanding, and inspiration from my story. I was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1981 when my mom and myself moved to Scio, Oregon. I attended schools in Scio and Salem until high school, when we moved to Newport, OR. I attended Newport High School until the end of my sophomore year when I moved to Corvallis. I played basketball, volleyball, softball, and soccer throughout junior high and high school. I truly enjoyed athletics. I also played in the band all throughout school. I graduated in June 1990. I truly miss all the friends I made while living in Oregon. In July 1994, I moved back to Oklahoma City. In January 1995, I enrolled in the psychology degree program at Oklahoma City Community College. It turned out to be a major life-changing event. I learned many things, especially about myself, and met some great people. I enjoyed college. However, the last 8 months of my degree were difficult. I received my Associate of Arts in May 1998. In 1992, I was diagnosed with

102. Congestive Heart Failure Congestive heart failure. Also known as CHF. What is it? Congestive heart failure occurs Physicians Who Treat Congestive heart failure. http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/c/chf.htm

103. CNN.com - Health - Pacemakers Found To Help Heart Failure Patients - March 20, 2 CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/03/20/pacemaker.heart/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Danish Japanese Korean Arabic Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Pacemakers found to help heart failure patients A new study shows pacemakers can help some patients with heart failure By Rhonda Rowland CNN Medical Unit ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) A pacemaker device could help up to half of all heart failure patients live a more active life, researchers told the American College of Cardiology Tuesday. "The device was shown to markedly improve patient's quality of life and their functional capacity, and by functional capacity I mean that they were able to exercise longer and they were able to perform more of their activities of daily living," said lead researcher Dr. William Abraham of the University of Kentucky. Heart failure is the most rapidly growing form of heart disease in the United States. Some 5 million people have it and as many as 700,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. When medications and surgeries and procedures like angioplasty no longer work, the only other course of action has been a heart transplant. But results from a study on 500 patients indicate pacemakers may offer another treatment option.

104. Patient And Public Information Center : Heart Rhythm Society heart failure Tests. The diagnosis of HF usually begins with a complete physical examination. Back to Top. heart failure Classifications. http://www.naspe-patients.org/patients/heart_disorders/heart_failure/tests.html

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105. MayoClinic.com - Congestive Heart Failure heart failure means your heart can t efficiently pump blood throughout your body. Congestive heart failure By Mayo Clinic staff Overview http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00061

106. CNN.com - Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Never Too Young To Prevent Heart Failure - Nov. 5, 2 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/11/05/otsc.heart.study/index.html

CNN Europe CNN Asia Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese On CNN TV Transcripts Headline News CNN International ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Never too young to prevent heart failure Study: 1 in 5 over age of 40 at risk for the disease Story Tools RELATED How can you prevent heart problems? Check out the American Heart Association guidelines. (CNN) Congestive heart failure was once considered to be a concern primarily for older people. But a new study in this week's Circulation journal says people as young as 40 have a 1-in-5 chance of developing the potentially deadly disease. CNN anchor Carol Costello talked with medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the study and what steps to take to stay healthy. COSTELLO: Let's talk about this congestive heart failure study, because this is scary, because I happen to be in that age group. But one in five over 40 could suffer from that and not even know it? GUPTA: Right. See, the thing that's interesting about this particular study is we hear numbers a lot about cancer risks. We hear that you have a 1 in 8 chance of developing certain sorts of cancers. They haven't done those sort of statistical analysis before for congestive heart failure, and so this is the first time they've done it. One in 5, as you mentioned, Carol, over age 40, chance of developing congestive heart failure. If you have high blood pressure, that risk doubles to 2 out of 5. And these are all things we've sort of known but these numbers are pretty dramatic.

107. Congestive Heart Failure . What is heart failure? heart failure is a progressive condition......heart failure. heart failure—At a Glance. http://www.guidant.com/webapp/emarketing/compass/comp.jsp?lev1=hf&lev2=glance

108. Congestive Heart Failure In The United States A New Epidemic Gives statistics, using graphs within the article to show the number of deaths, men to women ratio, and hospitalization data, to name a few. Research and prognosis is also discussed. http://www.citihealth.com/layout.cfm?HC=5&body=Articles/00004031

109. Ingenta: All Issues -- Heart Failure Reviews heart failure Reviews, ISSN 13824147 in our archives Volume 1 (1996) through Volume 9 (2004) Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers see publisher s website, http://www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/klu/hrev

guest need help? online articles fax/ariel articles user name password remember me Athens click here to login via Athens Medicine Cardiovascular Medicine Heart Failure Reviews ISSN 1382-4147 in our archives: Volume 1 (1996) through Volume 9 (2004) Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers see publisher's website LATEST NEXT PREVIOUS EARLIEST Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2004 Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2003 Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2003 Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2003 Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2003 LATEST NEXT PREVIOUS EARLIEST Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers terms and conditions

110. Depression, Heart Failure Closely Linked Nearly half of all people being treated for heart failure on an outpatient basis may suffer from depression, research suggests. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/86/99074.htm?action=related_link

111. Hospital Practice: Treatment Of Heart Failure Treatment of heart failure ARNOLD M. KATZ DAVID I. SILVERMAN University of Connecticut. Table 1. Initial and Secondary Responses to heart failure*. http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/12/eldkatz.htm

Treatment of Heart Failure ARNOLD M. KATZ DAVID I. SILVERMAN University of Connecticut Slowing disease progression has emerged as the major management problem; relieving symptoms of congestion is only part of the task. Current guidelines recommend beginning with a diuretic, followed by an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker, and then a beta-blocker. Effective follow-up requires a team of physicians, nurses, and other health personnel. Dr. Katz is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Former Head, and Dr. Silverman is Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington. Any effort to manage a clinical syndrome requires an understanding of its pathophysiology, its clinical manifestations, and the actions of the drugs available for treatment. In the case of heart failure, advances in both our understanding of the syndrome and the response to therapy have, over the past decade, greatly altered the goals of treatment. These changes are so dramatic that therapy based on 10-year-old concepts has become obsoleteand in some cases dangerous. This article provides a brief review of the pathophysiology of heart failure and current guidelines for therapy, highlighting information of special relevance to therapy of the elderly patient. Heart failure is traditionally viewed as a hemodynamic disorder in which depressed contractility and slowed relaxation reduce cardiac output and increase venous pressures. Until recently, therefore, management strategies focused on the hemodynamic consequences of pump dysfunction and the biochemical abnormalities that depress contractility and slow relaxation in cardiac myocytes. It is now clear, however, that heart failure is also a progressive condition in which most patients die within five years of the onset of symptoms (Figure 1), a prognosis similar to that of stage 3B breast cancer (metastasis to regional internal mammary lymph nodes or the chest wall). For this reason, optimal treatment must not only improve symptoms but also slow progression.

112. Bone Marrow Cells Help Heart Failure In Experiment CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/04/21/heart.cells.reut/index.html

113. New Treatments Offer Hope For Heart Failure Patients Dr. Stephen Gottlieb, the director of the heart failure Service at the University of Maryland Medical Center, discusses the basics of heart failure and http://www.umm.edu/features/heart_failure.html

Feature Stories Index Hypertension Feature PDF Mad Cow Disease FluMist ... Trans Fats 101 Related Resources Within UMM Heart Health Guide Maryland Heart Center //var DOCUMENTGROUP=''; //var DOCUMENTNAME=''; //var ACTION=''; Feature Stories New Treatments Offer Hope for Heart Failure Patients By Michelle Weinstein University of Maryland Medical System Web Site Writer Stephen Gottlieb, M.D. Heart failure is an increasing health problem in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects at least five million Americans, with about 550,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Heart failure is also the leading cause of hospitalization for the Medicare population, and is listed as a cause of death for about 40,000 people a year. The good news is that new treatments and technologies for heart failure are coming to the forefront at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Cardiac surgeons at the Medical Center recently implanted the experimental Jarvik 2000 heart pump to save the life of Woodrow Snelson, a 63-year-old heart failure patient who is awaiting a heart transplant.

114. Congestive Heart Failure In The Elderly Indepth look at this disorder. Some of the topics covered are diagnosing, education for patient and care giver, prevention, and treatment. http://www.hcoa.org/hcoacme/chf-cme/outline.htm

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115. Virtual Hospital: Heart Failure Treatment Program heart failure Treatment Program. Ron Oren, MD Professor, Medical Director Department of Internal Medicine. UI Health Care heart failure Treatment Program. http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/internalmedicine/heartfailure/

Heart Failure Treatment Program Ron Oren, M.D. Professor, Medical Director Department of Internal Medicine Wayne Richenbacher, M.D. Professor, Surgical Director Department of Surgery The University of Iowa Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed First Published: Unknown Last Revised: Unknown Table of Contents UI Health Care Heart Failure Treatment Program Therapeutic Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure: Introduction Conventional Therapy for Heart Failure General Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Medical Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Surgical Strategies for Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Summary Table 1: Therapeutic Strategies Table 2: Precipitating Factors for Exacerbation References Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Patients: Guidelines for Initiation Case Studies Iowa HF Beat Newsletter: 1999 Winter, Volume 1, Issue 1 1999 Spring, Volume 1, Issue 2 1999 Spring, Volume 1, Issue 3 1999 Spring, Volume 1, Issue 4 ... 2000 Summer, Volume 2, Issue 2 See related Patient Textbooks about Internal Medicine See related Patient Topics Cardiology Heart and Circulation Heart DiseasesGeneral Heart Failure ... Internal Medicine or Seniors' Health See related Provider Textbooks about Internal Medicine See related Provider Topics Cardiology Heart and Circulation Heart DiseasesGeneral Heart Failure ... Internal Medicine or Seniors' Health Virtual Hospital Home Virtual Children's Hospital Home Site Map ... UI Health Care Home http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/internalmedicine/heartfailure/index.html

116. Diabetes Drugs May Cause Heart Failure Report CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/09/health.diabetes.reut/index.html

117. Virtual Hospital: University Of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, Fourth Edition: C Cardiology Congestive heart failure. James See related Provider Topics Heart and Circulation, heart failure or Seniors Health. See http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbook/Chapter03/04-3.html

For Providers University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, Fourth Edition, Chapter 3 Cardiology: Congestive Heart Failure James M. Fox, MD Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa College of Medicine Peer Review Status: Externally Peer Reviewed by Mosby Causes. Two-thirds caused by CAD. The second most common cause is dilated cardiomyopathy, which can be idiopathic or may result from toxins (alcohol, doxorubicin), infection (often viral), or collagen vascular disease. Other causes include chronic hypertension (diastolic dysfunction), valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and restrictive cardiomyopathy (amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and hemochromatosis). Evaluation. History. Typical symptoms include fatigue, dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, nocturia, or chronic cough. Physical exam. JVD, hepatojugular reflux, S3 gallop, rales, and peripheral edema. However, these are not present in all those with CHF. Studies.

118. Spotlight Health Offers an overview, support groups, find a cardiologist, chat and further resources. http://www.spotlighthealth.com/heart_failure/hf/hf.htm

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119. Heart Failure, UPMC | University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, U Comprehensive information on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of congestive heart failure from the health care experts at the University of http://heartfailure.upmc.com/

Home Heart Failure Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump the necessary amount of blood throughout the body. Read more Overview Diagnosis Treatment Options ... Contact UPMC Supplemental content provided by HealthGate Data Corp Terms and Conditions

120. CNN.com - Study Suggests Novel Treatment For Heart Failure - Feb. 18, 2004 CNN http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/02/18/heart.statins.reut/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Services CNNtoGO Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Study suggests novel treatment for heart failure Statins may help even patients with low cholesterol Story Tools RELATED Prevention guidelines New guidelines for women 'Peptide' may be early predictor 'Polypill' to cut heart attacks? ... American Heart Association HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library All about your heart High cholesterol YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Medical Research Health Treatment or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? WHAT ARE STATINS? Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs introduced in the 1980s. They work by blocking a substance the liver needs to manufacture cholesterol. This makes the liver cells seek out cholesterol that's already circulating in the blood. Statins have been shown to reduce your LDL cholesterol ("bad cholesterol") by up to 40 percent. Source: Mayo Clinic WASHINGTON (Reuters) Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, which greatly reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack, may also help keep patients with heart failure alive even if they do not have high cholesterol, new research suggests. Heart failure patients who took statins were 55 percent less likely to die during the year after they were prescribed the drugs than patients who did not get them, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found.

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