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.
The Connected Conditions Guide
Your heart, kidneys, and metabolism don't work in isolation. This patient-designed guide explains how your heart, kidneys, and metabolic health are deeply connected - and how a strain on one system becomes a risk for the others.
Written by people with lived experience, for people with lived experience, it walks you through the CKM connection, the warning signs to watch, and practical questions to bring to your care team.
What’s inside the guide
Printable 7-Day Vitals Log: track blood pressure, daily weight, and blood sugar Medication Roadmap: how modern “multi-duty” meds protect heart, kidneys, and metabolism at once Zone-Based Action Plans: green/yellow/red checklists for knowing when to escalate Clinic Visit Prep Checklists: the right questions to bring to your care team
Free to download and print: bring it to your next appointment.
Explore the guide
Heart Failure
- Recognizing symptoms early
- Diagnosis & risk factors
- Treatment medications & lifestyle
- 10 questions for your doctor
ASCVD
- Risk factors & prevention
- Lp(a) testing importance
- Lifestyle modifications
- Medication management
HCM & oHCM
- HCM vs oHCM comparison
- Genetic factors
- Diagnostic procedures
- Treatment options & devices
Amyloidosis
- Types: AL, ATTR, AA
- Cardiac involvement
- Diagnosis & testing
- Emerging treatments
Diabetes & Heart Failure
- Why diabetes affects the heart
- Recognizing symptoms
- Dual management strategies
- GLP-1 & SGLT2 medications
Lipoprotein(a)
- What is LP(a)?
- Genetic inheritance
- Testing & diagnosis
- Risk reduction strategies
Dyslipidemia
- LDL, HDL, & triglycerides
- Lipid panel testing
- Medication options
- Lifestyle management
Need Additional Support?
We're here to help you navigate your heart health journey.
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.
Join Us & Subscribe
Have your voice heard. If you are a patient, family member or friend of someone with lived experience of heart disease or if you are a practitioner, allied health professional, not-for-profit or corporate partner, or simply a concerned citizen – Become a member – it's free.