Heart Failure

"Heart failure" sounds scary, as if the heart might fail at any second. Actually, those words describe a heart that is not pumping efficiently to deliver oxygen-rich blood to the body's cells.

OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute focuses on improving quality of life for adult and pediatric patients with heart failure. Patients with heart failure tend to be readmitted to hospitals quite frequently. Our goal is to help them better understand and monitor their condition to avoid hospitalization.

我们的工作人员将通过调整药物来帮助患者管理症状，以实现最佳的药物治疗。最新的无创监测可以评估患者的状态。OSF保健心血管研究所还为患者提供设备治疗或移植(适当时)的转诊服务。患者教育是一个主要的重点，因为它使患者能够处理生活方式的必要改变，以适应这种慢性疾病。

Heart failure is an ongoing chronic medical condition requiring careful monitoring and frequent modifications of the medical program. The OSF HealthCare Cardiovascular Institute is staffed by cardiologists and nurse practitioners, assisted by nurses with special training in heart failure who are expert in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition.

Learn more aboutheart failure，治疗方案和控制病情的方法。

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