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… Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)? …
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… Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker? Decision Point You may want to have a say … a pacemaker. This decision aid is NOT for people with heart failure. The decision for heart failure patients may involve …
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… Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)? … an ICD and a biventricular (say "by-ven-TRICK-yuh-ler") pacemaker. This pacemaker is also called cardiac …
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… Heart Failure On this page: Health Tools Cause … It means that your heart isn't pumping as well as it should. Because your heart cannot pump well, your body tries … your bloodstream. Your heart beats faster. Your heart might get bigger. Your body has an amazing ability to make up for …
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… Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure Actionset Overview Triggers are things that … for your heart to pump. Then your heart failure symptoms get worse. Sometimes triggers can lead to sudden heart …
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… Heart Failure Types On this page: Overview Overview Heart failure means that your heart muscle does not pump as … It means that your heart is not pumping as well as it should. There is more than one type of heart failure, so you …
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… Sudden Heart Failure On this page: Overview Overview Sudden heart failure occurs when heart failure gets worse very quickly. Your heart suddenly cannot pump as …
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… Heart Failure Stages On this page: Overview … The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have devised a classification system for … heart disease. Or the person does not have symptoms and is getting treatment for prior symptoms of heart failure. D …
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… Heart Failure Symptoms On this page: Overview Overview If you have heart failure , symptoms start to happen when your heart … when you walk. You need to stop a lot when you walk. It gets worse when you lie flat, and it may wake you up at …
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… Heart Failure Complications On this page: Overview Overview Even if you are treating your heart failure successfully, you may develop a complication that …
