CardioMEMS™ HF System: Patient Conversation Aid
Heart failure is a serious condition that impacts the heart. It requires lifestyle adjustments, and lifelong management. Just like with cancer, early detection and proactive measures can significantly improve outcomes when you are diagnosed with heart failure.
Men and women with heart failure are more likely to die from their disease within 5 years than individuals with certain types of common cancers including breast, prostate, and bladder cancer.1
1 in 9 deaths each year from heart failure.2
One person dies every 33 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.3
You usually do not know your heart failure is getting worse until the onset of symptoms like:
Swelling of the feet, ankles, and legs
Shortness of breath
Feeling overly tired
Heart failure is progressive: the heart gets weaker over time, even though you may not notice the signs.
Care teams have traditionally relied on symptoms to appear, but waiting this long often means you might need to be hospitalized.4
• Heart failure is a serious condition, with high mortality, that requires lifestyle adjustments and lifelong management.
• The heart gets weaker over time, even though you may not notice the signs.
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