Ted Rogers Heart Failure Patient Education

Learn about heart failure, treatment options and how to better manage your health and live with heart failure.

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    • The Heart and How It Works
    • What Is Heart Failure?
    • What Causes Heart Failure?
    • What Are the Symptoms of Heart Failure?
    • How Is Heart Failure Diagnosed?
  • Treatments
    • Introduction to Treatments
    • Sodium Restriction
    • Fluid Restriction
    • Medications
      • Introduction to Medications
      • Beta-Blockers
      • ACEIs & ARBs
      • Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto™)
      • Ivabradine (Lancora™)
      • Diuretics
      • Aldosterone Antagonists
      • Vasodilators and Nitrates
      • Digoxin
      • Potassium Supplements
      • Intravenous Iron
    • Device Therapies
      • Introduction to Device Therapies
      • ICD
      • CRT
      • LVADs
    • Heart Transplantation
    • End-of-Life Planning
  • Healthy Living
    • Introduction to Heart Healthy Living
    • Nutrition Guide for Heart Failure
    • Potassium and Heart Failure
    • Avoiding Alcohol
    • Exercise and Heart Failure
    • Energy Conservation
    • Working with Heart Failure
    • Coping with Stress
  • Other Conditions
    • Coronary Artery Disease
    • Atrial Fibrillation
    • ARVC
    • Cardiac Amyloidosis
    • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Sleep Apnea
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    • Preparing for Clinic Appointment
    • Heart Failure Zones
    • Daily Weight Record
    • Heart and Stroke Foundation Report on Heart Failure
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Working with Heart Failure

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Whether or not you are able to return to work depends on how severe your symptoms of heart failure are, and how physically and emotionally stressful your job is. If your symptoms are under good control, and your job is not very physically demanding, you may be able to go back to your regular work duties.

Some people find it more stressful to be away from work. If you do return to work after a period of absence, make sure to pace yourself.

Talk to your health care provider about work. He/she will be able to talk to you more about your specific situation.

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In This Section:

  • Introduction to Heart Healthy Living
  • Nutrition Guide for Heart Failure
  • Potassium and Heart Failure
  • Avoiding Alcohol
  • Exercise and Heart Failure
  • Energy Conservation
  • Working with Heart Failure
  • Coping with Stress

About Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

Through an integrated program of outstanding research, world-class education, and exceptional clinical care, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research will provide the world with new diagnoses, treatments and tools to help people prevent, manage and survive the devastating consequences of heart failure.

Go to the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Site

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