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Heart Failure
Lifestyles, Fitness Heart Failure
and Rehabilitation
• Treatment Options
– The more common forms of heart failure
cannot be cured, but can be treated
• Lifestyle changes
• Medications
• Surgery
Heart Failure
Lifestyles, Fitness
and Rehabilitation
• Lifestyle changes
– Stop smoking
– Loose weight
– Avoid alcohol
– Avoid or limit caffeine
– Eat a low-fat, low-sodium diet
– Exercise
Heart Failure
Lifestyles, Fitness
and Rehabilitation
• Lifestyle changes
– Reduce stress
– Keep track of symptoms and weight and
report any changes or concern to the
doctor
– Limit fluid intake
– See the doctor more frequently
Heart Failure
Lifestyles, Fitness
and Rehabilitation
• Treatment options
– Surgery and other Medical Procedures
• Not often used in heart failure unless there
is a correctable problem
• Coronary artery bypass
• Angioplasty
• Valve replacement
• Defibrillator implantation
• Heart transplantation
• Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)