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What Else Can I Do To Manage My Own Heart Failure?

Stephen Gottlieb, M.D., Dir., Heart Failure Service, Univ. of Maryland Medical Ctr.; Prof., Univ. of Maryland
November 20, 2008

Question: What else can I do to manage my own heart failure?

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Answer: Patients are really responsible for how they do when they have congestive heart failure and can do a lot to improve their health. This includes, of course, diet but also following their weight. If there's some fluid retention, if a patient takes care of it early, it doesn't become a major problem. Certainly having a regimen where medicines are not missed, where a patient can figure out how to take all their medicines regularly is also very important.

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