Treatment

Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure:

If you have Congestive Heart Failure, you doctor might tell you

• To loss weight if you are over weight
• To modified diet to low sodium diet
• Start on some exercise program
•  Will start on medication such as:
  
  • ACE Inhibitor: this medication is to help reduce sodium in your body. Where sodium is water will follow. To reduce the sodium will reduce fluid in the body, therefore will reduce possible edema and blood pressure.
  • Beta-Blocker: this medication is to help reduce your heart rate, but help your heart to have stronger contraction (squeeze), therefore will increase cardiac output
  
  End stage congestive heart failure patients may require aggressive treatments including:
•  left ventricular assist devices (LVAD): is a mechanical pump that is implanted inside a person's chest to help a weakened heart ventricle pump blood throughout the body. Unlike a total artificial heart, the LVAD doesn't replace the heart. It just helps it do its job. 

• implanted pump that helps increase the heart's ability to squeeze, or even heart transplantation.