Treatment for congestive heart failure includes:

• Healthy heart diet:
• Low cholesterol diet
• Low fat diet
• Low salt diet for CHF
• Fluid restriction for congestive heart failure
• Elastic support stockings
• Exercise plan developed with your doctor.
• Stop smoking.

Medications for the treatment of congestive heart failure include:

• Aspirin
• Beta-blocker medication
• ACE inhibitor medication
• Long acting nitroglycerin
• Diuretics
• Digoxin

Additional treatment for congestive heart failure may include:

• Surgery:
• Heart valve surgery
• Coronary artery bypass surgery for coronary artery disease
• Angioplasty for coronary artery disease
• Pacemaker therapy for cardiac arrhythmias
• Mechanical ventilation:
• Use of a ventilator to support breathing in severe heart failure
• Congestive heart failure clinical trials