Many people don’t understand what heart failure is or recognize the symptoms, a Sunnybrook cardiologist and heart failure specialist says
Marc Bains was an active 23-year-old when he got what he thought was the flu or bronchitis.
Heart arrhythmias , heart valve disease and viral infections that attack the heart can also cause heart failure. Those symptoms are meant to be replicated with a new heart failure “suit,” developed by the Meyer-Hentschel Institute in Germany, along with pharmaceutical companies Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly.
“Easy things like you take for granted. Walking up the stairs. Tying your shoes. You know, I couldn’t even imagine trying to do laundry like that,” she said. There is no cure for heart failure but the right medications can help alleviate the symptoms, Poon said. But friends and family need to understand that heart failure patients need to stay vigilant about their condition, he said.
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