Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
Designed to help ease the workload of your heart, treatments for congestive heart failure (CHF) may include:
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lifestyle changes |
- quitting smoking
- exercising
- changing your diet
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medicines |
- medicines to strengthen the heart’s pumping ability
- diuretics to rid the body of excess fluid
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coronary interventions |
- angioplasty to open up arteries
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surgery |
- heart valve repair
- pacemaker insertion
- coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
- left ventricular assist device implantation
- heart transplantation
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UPMC’s team of expert cardiologists and cardiac surgeons work together to provide a full range of advanced treatment options, from traditional therapies to evaluation and referral for ventricular assist devices or heart transplantation.
Learn more about heart and vascular treatments at UPMC.
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