Heart Failure Medical Reference

Diuretics, also known as “water pills,” are used to treat heart failure. Here's how they work.

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

Become informed of important heart failure terminology.

WebMD explains the symptoms of heart failure, such as swelling and shortness of breath.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Learn how potassium and magnesium supplements are used to treat heart failure.

Digoxin is often used to treat symptoms of heart failure. Learn more from WebMD about types of this medication, including its side effects and interaction with other drugs.

ACE inhibitors are drugs often used to treat heart failure. Learn how they work.

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