Heart failure

• Overview
• Discovery
  • What is heart failure?
  • Getting the diagnosis of heart failure
  • Impact of the diagnosis of heart failure
  • What causes heart failure: heart attack and angina
  • Other causes of heart failure: congenital heart disease, valvular disease and cardiomyopathy
  • People's ideas about causes of heart failure
  • Stress and heart failure
  • Symptoms of heart failure: feeling breathless, tired and lifeless
  • Symptoms of heart failure: oedema, palpitations and wakefulness
  • Looking for information about heart failure
• Tests and treatments
  • Tests to measure heart function and strength
  • Angiograms and angioplasty
  • Beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, diuretics and aldosterone antagonists
  • Warfarin, digoxin, asprin and statins
  • Common side effects of heart failure medication
  • Other side effects of heart failure medication
  • Coping with medication for heart failure
  • Attitudes to medication for heart failure
  • Oxygen therapy for heart failure
  • Surgery for heart failure
  • Medical devices for heart failure
  • Heart transplants for people with heart failure
• Living with it
  • Home life and everyday routines
  • Sports, hobbies and activities
  • Driving, mobility aids and state benefits
  • Travelling, holidays and trips away from home
  • Eating, drinking and exercise
  • Bad days, anxiety and depression
  • Support groups
  • What carers think
  • Complementary therapies
  • Reaching acceptance about heart failure
  • Messages to others about heart failure
• Monitoring and support from health professionals
  • Specialist heart failure nurses
  • Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure
  • Heart failure monitoring: check-ups with health professionals
  • ​Satisfaction with health professionals
  • Access to health professionals between appointments
  • ​Heart failure monitoring at home
  • Attitudes to heart failure monitoring
  • Communicating with medical staff
• People's Profiles
  • Aged 31-40
  • Aged 41-50
  • Aged 51-60
  • Aged 61-70
  • Aged 71-80
  • Aged 80+
  • Health professionals
• Resources and Information
• Credits