What are My Treatment Options for Advanced Heart Failure?
Surgeries, procedures, and devices may help correct some of the underlying problems that have led to heart failure. They may not reverse the effects of heart failure or cure the condition, but they help protect your heart.
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For delayed contractions of the right and left ventricles, cardiac resynchronization therapy, or CRT, uses a pacemaker to coordinate the electrical signaling between the ventricles and allows them to pump together.
For delayed contractions of the right and left ventricles, cardiac resynchronization therapy, or CRT, uses a pacemaker to coordinate the electrical signaling between the ventricles and allows them to pump together.
This implant may lower the risk of sudden cardiac death. The implant shocks the heart to get it back to a normal rhythm.
This implant may lower the risk of sudden cardiac death. The implant shocks the heart to get it back to a normal rhythm.
These non-surgical options are done on a beating heart and can help with some valve and blockage issues. Unlike open-heart surgery, the heart is accessed with special tools threaded through a small opening in the groin.
These non-surgical options are done on a beating heart and can help with some valve and blockage issues. Unlike open-heart surgery, the heart is accessed with special tools threaded through a small opening in the groin.
Open-heart surgeries are an option for patients with stable but advanced heart failure. During the surgery, the heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine is used to move oxygenated blood until the heart is restarted after the procedure.
Open-heart surgeries are an option for patients with stable but advanced heart failure. During the surgery, the heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine is used to move oxygenated blood until the heart is restarted after the procedure.
Depending on the cause of your heart failure, other surgical options may be right for you.
- A coronary artery bypass graft uses arteries or veins taken from other parts of the body to reroute blood flow to the heart.
- A valve surgery repairs a damaged valve or replaces it with a new, artificial valve.
- A pericardiectomy removes the thin sac surrounding the heart to relieve constriction of the heart.
Depending on the cause of your heart failure, other surgical options may be right for you.
- A coronary artery bypass graft uses arteries or veins taken from other parts of the body to reroute blood flow to the heart.
- A valve surgery repairs a damaged valve or replaces it with a new, artificial valve.
- A pericardiectomy removes the thin sac surrounding the heart to relieve constriction of the heart.