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Preparing for Heart Failure Device Therapy

	Implantable Devices: What They Do and How They Help Cardiac devices keep your heart beating normally in several ways. They're also lifesavers.
	Understanding Heart Problems Heart failure is a plumbing problem. Arrhythmia is an electrical problem. Get the facts here.
	What Types of Implantable Devices Are There? Learn how ICDs, CRT pacemakers and traditional pacemakers each help the heart.
	Who Needs an Implantable Device? ICDs and CRT can reduce the risk of death by over 50% in some people. See if you might benefit.
	What Will Surgery Be Like? Step by step, learn what happens when an ICD or CRT pacemaker is implanted in your chest.
	Adjusting to a New Life With proper precautions, you should be able to work, play, and travel just as you always have.

	Find out if ONE DEVICE could change your life    YOUR heart failure – what are your next steps?    Find a physician who provides device therapy

This educational material was written by WebMD writers and reviewed by WebMD physicians as well as experts from The Cleveland Clinic. As health and its treatments are an individual matter, this information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare prefessional about your medical condition or treatment.

Reviewed by Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, Director of Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Devices and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Cynthia Haines, MD, Senior Medical Editor, WebMD, August 2006.