Understanding Heart Conditions
Your comprehensive guide to cardiovascular disease management
Welcome
Knowledge is power when it comes to managing heart health. Explore our comprehensive guides to understand your condition, treatment options, and how to live well with cardiovascular disease.
Heart Failure
Understanding Heart Failure Management
Learn about heart failure symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and the 10 essential questions to ask your specialist.
- Recognizing symptoms early
- Diagnosis & risk factors
- Treatment medications & lifestyle
- 10 questions for your doctor
ASCVD
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Understand how fatty deposits build up in arteries and what you can do to prevent and manage ASCVD.
- Risk factors & prevention
- Lp(a) testing importance
- Lifestyle modifications
- Medication management
HCM & oHCM
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Discover the differences between HCM and obstructive HCM, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment approaches.
- HCM vs oHCM comparison
- Genetic factors
- Diagnostic procedures
- Treatment options & devices
Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis & Heart Failure
Learn about this rare condition where abnormal proteins build up in organs and how it relates to heart failure.
- Types: AL, ATTR, AA
- Cardiac involvement
- Diagnosis & testing
- Emerging treatments
Diabetes & Heart Failure
what is the connection?
Understand the close link between diabetes and heart failure and how to manage both conditions together.
- Why diabetes affects the heart
- Recognizing symptoms
- Dual management strategies
- GLP-1 & SGLT2 medications
Lipoprotein(a)
Understanding LP(a)
Learn about this genetic risk factor for heart disease that 1 in 5 people have, often without knowing it.
- What is LP(a)?
- Genetic inheritance
- Testing & diagnosis
- Risk reduction strategies
Dyslipidemia
Cholesterol & Triglycerides
Understand unhealthy blood fat levels and how to manage cholesterol and triglycerides effectively.
- LDL, HDL, & triglycerides
- Lipid panel testing
- Medication options
- Lifestyle management
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Our Support Group
The HeartLife Foundation is a patient-driven charity whose mission is to transform the quality of life for people living with heart disease by engaging, educating, and empowering a global community to create lasting solutions and build healthier lives.
Join our Help for Hearts closed Facebook group to get support and share ideas.
Women @ HEartlife
The HeartLife Foundation is proud to support the Canadian Women with Medical Heart Issues Facebook group.
HeartLife joins the mission of this group, lead by our HeartLife Champion Jackie, to inspire and support women living with heart disease to Live Bravely & Love Boldly every day. We are stronger together.