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Follow the links below to find information about congestive heart failure.
Created January 2008
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Chronic heart failure
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Resources about diagnosis, treatment and management of chronic heart failure.
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Jan 2008
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Congestive heart failure
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Better Health Channel
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Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to satisfy the needs of the body. The most common cause of congestive heart failure is coronary heart disease. Treatment options include medications, lifestyle changes and surgery.
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Oct 2007
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Hawthorn extract for treating chronic heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Hawthorn extract (made from the dried leaves, flowers and fruits of the hawthorn bush) may be used as an oral treatment option for chronic heart failure. In this review, 14 double-blind, placebo controlled randomised clinical trials (RCTs) were found. T...
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Sep 2007
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Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Shengmai is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has long been used for the treatment of heart failure and ischemic heart disease. It is a mixture of three herbal components. Constituent herbs of shengmai include Panax ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicu...
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Jun 2007
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Heart failure program summary
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National Institute of Clinical Studies
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The NICS Heart Failure program was developed to address these gaps and improve health outcomes through the early diagnosis and appropriate management of heart failure in Australia.
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Jul 2006
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Heart failure overview
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myDr
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Heart failure means the heart has a reduced ability to pump blood around the body.
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Jul 2006
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Diuretics for heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) (also called congestive heart failure, cardiac failure and heart failure) is a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently throughout the body. The oxygen and nutrients in the blood provide the bod...
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Oct 2005
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CorCap" Cardiac Support Device
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Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
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ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on the CorCap" Cardiac Support Device.
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Sep 2005
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Continuous infusion versus bolus injection of loop diuretics in congestive heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is reduced ability of the heart to pump blood around the body. The body tries to compensate by retaining water to increase blood volume, but this further weakens the heart. Diuretic drugs reduce water in the body. Loop diu...
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May 2005
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Clinical service organisation for heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are often admitted to hospital as an emergency. The authors looked at 16 clinical trials that tested different ways of organising the care of CHF patients after they leave hospital. Only one of these trials wa...
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Jan 2005
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Heart failure in an elderly man
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Clinical Management and Treatment Education (CLIMATE)
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Heart failure means that the heart pumps blood less efficiently. This is a preview of the CLIMATE treatment program for heart failure in an elderly man.
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Dec 2004
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Phosphodiesterase III inhibitors for heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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A number of options are available to treat symptomatic chronic heart failure. These include ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and spironolactone, which result in an increase of life expectancy. Another strategy is to increase the strength of the pumping act...
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Nov 2004
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Psychological interventions for depression in heart failure
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Occasionally adults with heart failure suffer from depression. Psychological interventions, such as cognitive-behavioural therapy and other types of counseling or supportive therapy, have been tried in order to reduce depression. Unfortunately, this rev...
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Nov 2004
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Digitalis for treatment of congestive heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Digitalis can help relieve symptoms in patients with heart failure. Digitalis is a drug that is extracted from the leaves of the foxglove plant, which contain substances that stimulate heart muscle. The drug has been used for over two centuries to treat...
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Feb 2004
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Palliative care for non-malignant disease? (Editorial)
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Australian Prescriber
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The Minister for Health and Ageing recently announced $4.5 million of Commonwealth funding for palliative care programs in Australia. Importantly, these funds and the programs they support are not constrained within the traditional boundaries of palliation for patients with terminal malignant disease.
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Oct 2003
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A guideline for the management of heart failure: health professionals guide
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National Heart Foundation (NZ)
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This guideline makes recommendations relating to the management of patients with an established diagnosis of congestive heart failure due to systolic ventricular dysfunction. Management of diastolic dysfunction is not included.
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Dec 2001
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Anticoagulation for heart failure in sinus rhythm
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Blood clots (thromboembolism) in the lungs, legs and brain (ischaemic stroke) contribute to disability and death of patients with heart failure. Although anticoagulants such as warfarin are of proven benefit in patients in certain subgroups of patients ...
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Feb 2000
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