Heart Failure Medical Reference

Angiotensin II receptor blockers, or ARBs, are an option for people with heart failure. Find out what they are and how they work.

Beta-blockers are drugs that improve the heart's ability to relax. Learn how this medication is used to treat heart failure.

WebMD explains a special type of pacemaker called a biventricular pacemaker that is used for treatment of heart failure.

Become informed of important heart failure terminology.

WebMD explains the use of calcium channel blockers to treat heart failure.

Learn more from WebMD about heart transplant surgery, including who is eligible and what is involved before and after the procedure.

Your heart rate is an important number to know. How do you measure it? What should it be during exercise? The answers lie ahead.

If you have heart failure and get any of these symptoms, give your doctor a call.

Learn how the diuretic aldactone can be used to treat heart failure.

Find out how high blood pressure is linked to heart failure.

A left ventricular assist device -- also called an LVAD -- can help a heart weakened by heart failure.

WebMD gives your tips for living with heart failure and the lifestyle changes that go with it.

WebMD provides guidelines for taking your heart medication whether you're at home or on the road.

Get information on blood vessel dilators, also called vasodilators, including how the drugs can help treat heart failure.

If you have heart failure, you may have heard of a BNP blood test. But what is it?

Find out how heart pump medication -- also called inotropic therapy -- can be used to treat people with heart failure.