Heart Failure: What is it?

Watch this video to learn how the heart muscle weakens with heart failure, and how heart failure affects your body.

Watch this to learn what ejection fraction is and how it will be monitored throughout your treatment for heart failure.

Learn about the tests commonly used to diagnose heart failure.

Learn what types of medications are often prescribed to help manage heart failure, and their side effects.

This document created by The University of Kansas Health System will provide an overview of heart failure diagnosis and education on managing symptoms through home care, medication, and follow-up care. Includes the Heart Failure Zone Tool: A Daily Self-Check and daily weight chart.