Heart Failure Treatment

With the first Accredited Heart Failure Institute in Arizona and one of only seven in the nation, Banner Heart Hospital offers a wide range of heart-failure treatments.

Treatments for heart failure have many benefits, which include:

• Medications that improve your health
• Reducing how hard the heart works 
• Ridding the body of excess fluid 
• Lowering cholesterol and triglycerides 
• Increasing blood flow to the arteries 
• Relieving chest pain 
• Preventing blood clots 
• Regulating heart rate and rhythm
• Pacemakers that provide support in many ways
• Surgery that can treat major issues (optional)

If you have experienced heart failure, you will likely be advised to:

• Take all your medications prescribed by your physician
• Keep a list of those medications with you at all times 
• Limit the amount of sodium/salt in your diet to less than 2,000 mg per day
• Schedule regular appointments with your physician
• Start a list of questions to ask your physician
• Stay active
• Get plenty of rest 
• Pace yourself with your daily activities

For More Information
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