This is the number of new patients who should be receiving help and treatment for heart failure, since SHAPE website was launched on 1st October 2004.
The earlier people are diagnosed and treated, the better and longer their lives will be.
The SHAPE
website is dedicated to heart failure, providing information and
advice on heart failure and how to prevent and treat it. You can find
information on how to change your
lifestyle and which medical
treatments are available to treat heart failure.
More
about heart failure
Heart failure is an increasingly
common and very serious condition that arises when the heart muscle
becomes too weak to pump enough blood around the body to the vital
organs, so depriving them of oxygen and vital nutrients. Read more
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SHAPE Patient Charter
The SHAPE Patient Charter on heart
failure aims to increase
awareness of
heart failure as a deadly but preventable and treatable condition.
The Charter launches… Read
more>>>
About SHAPE
The SHAPE team aims to
improve heart failure care by increasing
awareness and
perception of the disease in Europe
and improving treatment and diagnosis of heart failure. Read
more>>>
Changing your life
For advice on food, exercise, stress and
smoking go to Changing your life Read more
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