Progressive Disease of the Heart
Did you know that heart failure effects more than 3 million people in the U.S. each year? Heart failure is a progressive disease of the heart. Our expert team of providers are trained to care for your heart in this critical time of need. At Colorado Springs Cardiology, we have a team trained to diagnose and treat heart failure. With regular visits, medication therapies and state of the art testing, we can help you gain momentum in improving your quality of life when diagnosed with heart failure. We offer frequent appointments with the heart failure team and heart failure education to help guide you through this very important journey and keep you out of the hospital. We also utilize a healthcare platform that helps measure vital signs at home that is shared with your healthcare team so that they can titrate medications as necessary and keep your team apprised of any changes in symptoms.
What is Heart Failure?
Heart failure, also called Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a chronic condition that prevents the heart from adequately squeezing (systole) and filling (diastole) with blood.