Congestive Heart Failure Clinic

Better Heart Failure Management

The Heart Failure Clinic is a service of Memorial Medical Group Heart & Vascular Center.

Services:

• Post discharge aid in understanding instructions
• Medication compliance, reconciliation and management
• Dietary and lifestyle changes as needed
• Tailored heart failure education for better self-management
• Outpatient infusion therapy including:
  • Diuretics by IV Push or infusion up to 8 hours
  • Dobutamine or other infusions up to 8 hours
  • IV hydration up to 8 hours
  • Blood product transfusion services
• Advanced cardiac therapies such as cardiac resynchronization, left ventricular devices, and heart transplant

American Heart Association Best Practices Guidelines:

• Guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure on admission
• Transitional summary upon discharge to next provider
• Follow-up appointment within 7 days of discharge

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure and an ejection fraction of less than or equal to 40%
• Patients with diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

Target Interventions:

• Initiate AHA guideline recommended therapy
• Implement effective patient and family education
• Integrate palliative care and screening for advanced heart failure therapy
• Provide discharge summary to next provider at time of discharge from Health Failure Clinic
• Provide post discharge appointment documentation

For more information on referring a patient, call (337) 494-4884.