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There are several myths surrounding heart failure and atrial fibrillation, even their names tend to confuse. But either can be treated or managed and you can go on to enjoying a full life. Myth - As the name suggests, heart failure (HF) means the ticker doesn’t work anymore and will very soon stop beating. Fact - Your ticker is a muscle, HF indicates that your muscle has weakened immensely or stiffened to pump blood in and out of your ticker the way it should. Never will your ticker suddenly stop. Myth - We cannot treat HF. Fact - You can treat HF with medication that can make your ticker stronger. Surgery can also be beneficial in helping blood go around clogged arteries and get to your ticker. For instance, your doctor can replace heart valves that cause the problems. Heart pumps and implants can make your ticker beat stronger or stay in a normal, regular rhythm. Myth - You cannot determine if you have HF. Fact - You can easily spot a few early signs li...

Heart failure is a serious condition that worsens over time, but certain cases can be reversed with appropriate treatment. Several treatments are there that can relieve symptoms and stop or slow the gradual worsening of the condition even when the heart muscle is impaired. The objectives behind heart therapy are to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life, slow advancement of disease, lower the need for emergency room visits and hospitalization and ensure longer shelf-life for people. Treatment options depend on the type, cause, symptoms and severity of the heart failure with more than one therapy being used, in general. The treatment options include lifestyle changes, treating the underlying causes, medications and surgery. Lifestyle Changes: Making modifications often improve or control some of the factors contributing to heart failure. For instance, people with heart failure (HF) can see stark improvement by: 1.       Losing weight. ...

Being aware of just a few key metrics can provide quite an accurate picture of your current cardiac fitness and motivate you to maintain your healthy heart numbers and work upon the less healthy ones. Keep in mind that all of these numbers fall on a continuous scale, just saying having high or low blood pressure isn’t accurate, a doctor looks at how high or how low. The biggest cardiovascular disease risk factors are high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Additionally, heart disease increases the risk of life-threatening cardiac emergencies like a cardiac arrest. A victim in such a situation would require immediate treatment for survival. The most appropriate form of treatment in this regard is proper application of the life-saving CPR procedure that combines chest compressions and rescue breaths. For proper training, select a certified training center such as the AHA certified CPR Tampa in Florida . Become eligible for an AHA certification after successfully passing a skil...