Success with Heart Failure Revised: Help and Hope for Those with Congestive Heart Failure

This is the best, most informative book on chf that I have ever read. It is easy to understand yet right on the money with its information. Concerning chf, the more the know the longer and better your life will be. My husband survived 21 years with chf,but we had to learn things the hard way, this book makes things so simple to understand...low sodium diets, exercise, and knowlege. Every cardiologist in this country should give this book to their patients when a diagnosis of chf is made...both patients and family members should read it thoroughly. Seriously, if you want to live with heart failure, and you CAN, read this book!! It reads so easily that you can get through it in an evening. The info is so interesting...this is your life that this book is talking about...that you can't put it down. I have so many highlighted passages in my book,it's amazing. Good luck, you can do it and this will help.

My husband was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure recently. Although we haven't had the book for very long, it has already made an impact! In addition to the great writing, it also has plenty of specific tips, treatments (even experimental ones), and even questions to ask your doctor. We'll probably even bring the book with us to his next appointment. While physical health is a focus, Dr. Silver also addresses the mental health of a patient and his/her family by discussing issues with anger and depression that sometimes follow a diagnosis of CHF.

I am a medical student at Loyola University and I also do research in Heart Failure. This fabulous book is consistent with everything else I know of Dr. Silver - it is both caring and extremely knowledgable. This book is a MUST HAVE for any patient or family dealing with a diagnosis of heart failure. It is writen in clear english and explains all aspects of this disease, its treatment and impacts on lives and families. "Success with Heart Failure" is not a "dumbed down" medical book. If anything it is "smartened up," with insights and practical information to go along with the often overwhelming vocabulary and litany of tests and treatment options. An enthusiastic two thumbs up!!

I read this book at the suggestion of the CHF team at Loma Linda International Heart Institute. It gets down to the heart (no pun) of the terrifying affects of CHF and explains what the patient and doctor can do to effect a reduction of symptoms and, as in my case, an apparent complete cure. This book is so well written in layman's language that you can't put it down once you've started reading it. I was the typical patient described in the book who had been advised by my cardiologist to "make final arrangements" as there was no treatment for cardiomiopathy. Dr. Heywood and staff at Loma Linda led me through the process of returning to a normal quality of life, step by step, as outlined in the book. They explained the treatment proceedure thoroughly and I followed it through the pages of the book, gaining optimism with every page. I not only highly recommend this book but I feel it's a MUST READ for anyone suffering from cardiomopathy as well as their families.

My mother was diagnosed with CHF and I immediately purchased this book for her. She considers it to be her bible and she consults it frequently. Without it, she would have entered into a serious illness alone guided only by her doctor. Now she has a chance to help herself through very difficult times and we her family can help her, too.