What is Advanced Heart Failure?

Medication and a healthy lifestyle can help manage heart failure in its early stages. Treatment gets more complex when heart failure gets more advanced and the heart becomes weaker.

Someone with advanced heart failure typically has structural changes in the heart, has heart failure symptoms, and physical activity is difficult.

Treatment gets more complicated with advanced heart failure. Small lifestyle changes and medication are no longer enough to provide comfort. You’ll need to have important conversations with your family and your healthcare team about the care you want to receive.