Heart Failure

Watch this video to learn how the heart muscle weakens with heart failure, and how heart failure affects your body.

Understand the importance of keeping to a daily medication routine and learn a few strategies to keeping your medications organized.

Know the signs and symptoms that signal you should contact your healthcare provider.

Watch this to learn what ejection fraction is and how it will be monitored throughout your treatment for heart failure.

Disorders in the heart's electrical system can lead to arrhythmias, or an abnormal heart rhythm. Some arrhythmias can be life threatening and require an electrical shock to return the heart to a normal rhythm. Patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death may require an implantable cardiac defibrillator or ICD, which can deliver a life-saving shock if the heart starts to beat too fast or in a chaotic pattern.