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Heart Failure Advances (Part 2)

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Heart Failure Advances (Part 2)

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About 5 million Americans are living with heart failure, a chronic condition that is the leading cause of hospitalization for people over age 65. There has been a lot of progress in understanding and treating heart failure in recent years, and the latest advances are discussed in this interview. Part One: Definition of heart failure Symptoms Diagnosis Risk factors Part Two: Range of heart failure severity Fluid retention/weight monitoring Beta Blocker medications Ace Inhibitor medicines Diuretics Heart pumps Guest: Dr. Mandeep Mehra, the head of cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Mehra is also a professor of medicine and head of the division of cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Links: Heart Failure Advances (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwz_8aixMf8 Heart Failure Advances (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoFlZ7aDIIw Maryland Heart Center http://www.umm.edu/heart/index.htm Dr. Mandeep Mehra http://www.umm.edu/heart/biographies.htm#Mehra Distributed by Tubemogul.