," Wamil said in a Mayo Clinic news release. ''People who experience any of these symptoms should contact their health care provider."
Treatments may differ depending on what's causing a person's heart failure. It can't be cured, but the symptoms can often be controlled for years. "After heart failure is diagnosed, patients will need to manage the condition for the rest of their lives, usually through care at specialized heart failure clinics," Wamil said.
Treatments include medication, surgically implanted devices and, in advanced cases, heart transplants. Researchers are also working to discover new therapies. "Over the last few years, we have observed significant advances with the introduction of new classes of medications to manage heart failure," Wamil said. Those include