Examining Heart Failure: How to Recognize and Treat the Weak Heart

Dr. Munir Janmohamed discuss what is heart failure including signs and symptoms; different types of heart failure; when to go to the doctor; and various diagnostic tests. Dr. Van Selby follows with a discussion on heart failure including how to treat and stay out of the hospital as well as diet, exercise, pharmacologic management, and EP device management. Dr. Liviu Klein will discuss late stage heart failure and the options. Recorded on 06/17/2015. [9/2015] [Show ID: 29724] Donate to UCTV to support informative & inspiring programming: https://www.uctv.tv/donate Getting to the Heart of the Matter - Advances in Cardiology (https://www.uctv.tv/cardiology) Explore More Health & Medicine on UCTV (https://www.uctv.tv/health) UCTV features the latest in health and medicine from University of California medical schools. Find the information you need on cancer, transplantation, obesity, disease and much more. UCTV is the broadcast and online media platform of the University of California, featuring programming from its ten campuses, three national labs and affiliated research institutions. UCTV explores a broad spectrum of subjects for a general audience, including science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, arts and music, business, education, and agriculture. Launched in January 2000, UCTV embraces the core missions of the University of California -- teaching, research, and public service – by providing quality, in-depth television far beyond the campus borders to inquisitive viewers around the world. (https://www.uctv.tv) 00:00 Introduction 2:10 Objectives 4:37 What is Heart Failure 5:18 Types of Left Heart Failure 7:06 Risk Factors / Causes for Heart Failure 9:49 Epidemiology of Heart Failure in the US 16:28 How Heart Failure is Diagnosed 19:34 ECHO: The Gold Standard 20:26 A Key Indicator for Diagnosing Heart Failure 21:00 CAD Evaluation 22:53 Overview 26:33 Causes of Hospitalization for HF 28:48 Lifestyle Modification: Diet 31:34 Lifestyle Modification: Exercise 37:51 Medical Therapy: ACE Inhibitors 45:08 Device Therapy: ICD 46:54 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) 47:32 Current Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Systolic Heart Failure 50:07 Advanced Heart Failure 51:41 End Stage Heart Failure in the US 52:57 Adult Heart Transplant Survival 53:17 Heart Transplant Survival at UCSF 54:11 Functional Status after Heart Transplant 57:29 Living with a Heart Transplant 59:20 Heart Transplants: Not Enough