Managing Your Heart Failure - Understanding your Treatment Options
This guide contains details of the different treatments that may be best for you, depending on your condition.
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Our Specialist Heart Failure Clinic is here to help support you as you learn how to live with heart failure. Comprised of a passionate, specialist clinical team, we are committed to the treatment of heart failure and dedicated to providing you with personalised, high-quality care and support at every stage.
A program committed to you
Following your consultation with the HF cardiologist, you will meet our HF Nurse Specialist - Rebecca Jackson - who will guide you through our education materials and your personalised plan, focusing on:
- Importance of fluid management in HF, and fluid restrictions if required.
- Weight monitoring and management
- Symptom monitoring and when to seek help
- Importance of a low sodium diet, and how to adhere to this
- Exercise recommendations, specific to your capability & goals
- General nutrition and lifestyle recommendations
- Risk factor modification
- Medications
Ongoing support
With our OnTrack program, Rebecca will call you regularly to provide ongoing education and to monitor your symptoms. You can also call Rebecca via the clinic if you have any concerns.
Educational Brochures
Understanding Heart Failure - A Patient Guide
This brochure will help you understand a diagnosis of heart failure.
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Managing Your Heart Failure - Reducing Salt Intake
This guide will teach you about the importance of reducing your salt intake and how to go about it.
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Managing Your Heart Failure - Gout and Acute Pain in Heart Failure
This guide will teach you about the causes and effects of Gout on your body, as well as treatment options.
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Tips For Physical Activity in Heart Failure
This guide outlines the benefits of physical activity and provides tips for exercising as well as what to avoid.
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Living with Heart Failure - Patient Diary
This patient diary is to help you monitor your weight and symptoms weekly as well as key watch outs.
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