Heart Failure awareness survey – Great Britain – Question 2 Question 2: Distinguishing symptoms of old age from symptoms of heart failure Of the list of physical symptoms below, please […]
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Heart Failure awareness survey – Great Britain – Question 1
Heart Failure awareness survey: Great Britain TNS UK Limited, March 2014. 11,000 members of the public aged 50+ years old in Europe This data relates to those who were questioned […]
Heart Failure Awareness Week
Global Heart Failure awareness week is about building awareness of this serious condition that effects upwards of 23 million people across the world, these are just the diagnosed ones. Heart […]
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes abnormally thick (hypertrophied). The thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to […]
So what is a Nuclear Stress Test
So what is a Nuclear Stress Test Well you’ll be glad it has nothing to do with nuclear submarines! A nuclear stress test measures blood flow to your heart muscle […]
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Toolkit
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Toolkit On Sunday 24th November The Pumping Marvellous Foundation launched the development of it’s new toolkit for women suffering either peripartum or postpartum cardiomyopathy. The team putting together the […]
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Emma is the regional coordinator for Yorkshire for the Pumping Marvellous Foundation. She tells her story of how she had to make some really big decisions whilst being diagnosed with […]
NYHA as easy as ABC
NYHA as easy as ABC Know your NYHA as well as your ABC’s. The NYHA scale stands for New York Heart Association Classification. It provides a simple way of classifying […]
QOF allegedly not behind falling heart failure re-admissions
QOF allegedly not behind falling heart failure re-admissions According to PULSE the publication for doctors in General Practice in the UK the QOF (Quality Outcome Framework) is not behind falling […]
Let us be your Helium
Let us be your Helium Having an inefficient heart is difficult enough but feeling all deflated about yourself doesn’t help at all. When you are told you have heart failure […]