Question 1

how likely is surviving a heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Depends on factors: Suriival in heart failure is most directly related to functional status, and dependent upon the patient's exercise capabilities following a diagnosis of heart failure, their survival and life expectancy can be quite good.

Question 2

is there a cure for heart failure?

Accepted Answer

No: Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle is too weak to pump blood and move it forward as effectively as the body needs. When the heart muscle weakens there is no medication or treatment to reverse the weakening. The heart failure will worsen until the heart is so weak the only way to preserve life is to transplant a new heart.

Question 3

could there be a hospital that specializes in treating heart failure?

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Yes: Any cardiovascular institute or center should be able to treat chf. Check university of texas in san antonio and/ or baptist hospital health system.

Question 4

how serious is right heart failure in a woman?

Accepted Answer

Pretty serious.: Failure is never good.  But the underlying cause of failure is more important than the failure itself. Understanding the cause, be it valvular, pulmonary or l sided is the key to how serious it is and guides treatment.
Heart failure in a woman is the same as in a man until pregnancy comes along.

Question 5

does heart failure from a myocarditis infection go away?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: Sometimes a weak heart muscle develops so suddenly (or after a fever, cold or flu) that we suspect it may be from a virus, like a flu of the heart, which can recover. We use the usual medication and the heart muscle can be rechecked by echo in a month or 2 or 3 since recovery may be found.

Question 6

how effective is a pacemaker in preventing heart failure?

Accepted Answer

It's not: Heart failure can be the result of many different problems such as heart attacks which weaken the heart muscle, untreated hypertension which can leas to a stiff heart, or drug toxicity such as can occur with certain types of chemotherapy. Decrease your chances of developing heart failure by managing your identifed risk factors (i.e. Hypertension). A pacemaker may be needed in advanced heart failur.

Question 7

can a nuclear stress test tell you if you have heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Heart failure: If you're alluding to diagnosing congestive heart failure, nuclear stress testing is not the test of choice but does give a sense of how the heart muscle is working. Better testing would be from taking a history, performing a physical examination, taking a chest xray, checking the blood test called BNP and performing an echocardiogram.

Question 8

would you give beta blockers to a patient with heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Beta-blockers have been proven to prolong survival when given in low doses to patients with systolic heart failure.

Question 9

does a doctor can detect heart failure through sthelescope. ....?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: You can suspect failure by listening and examining, you confirm with echocardiogram.

Question 10

is there a way to treat heart arrhythmias and prevent heart failure?

Accepted Answer

Yes: There are many effective ways to treat heart arrhythmias and prevent consequences such as heart failure. The most common way is with medications such as beta blockers or other anti-arrhythmic medications. There are also procedures, called ablations, which treat the arrhythmia by interupting the electrical signals of the arrhythmia. A qualified cardiologist should be able to help.

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