Totally revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in congestive heart failure research and treatment, the most comprehensive and authoritative guide for patients and their families. This new and improved edition of Success With Heart Failure gives readers enlightened and compassionate insight and important tips for treating this prevalent disease, including information on:-The similarities and differences between heart failure and heart attack-The role of heart transplantation to treat heart failure-State-of-the-art implantation treatments-The psychological effect of a prognosis of heart failure-The importance of a prescribed regimen of diet and exercise