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Heart failure resources

Explore our resources designed to provide useful information on heart failure (HF):

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    Heart failure: Causes, diagnosis, signs and symptoms

    This booklet has been designed to help your patients and their family and/or caregivers understand HF. It explains the causes of HF, how it is diagnosed, and the common signs and symptoms.

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    Heart failure: Management of symptoms and treatment

    This booklet contains information about the common symptoms of HF. It also provides ways your patients can manage their symptoms and understand their heart medication. 

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    Heart failure: Lifestyle changes to help you manage your heart failure

    This booklet provides helpful information on how your patients can make healthy lifestyle choices to help manage their symptoms.

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    Understanding heart failure infographic

    This resource has been designed to help your patients better understand HF. It highlights some key statistics and raises awareness about the disease.

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    Cardiology heart failure referral pathway infographic

    This resource showcases the Carlow, Kilkenny Integrated Care heart failure referral pathway and how you can manage your patients that present with HF.

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    Extract from the 2023 ESC Guidelines update for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

    This resource is an extract from the 2023 ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic HF. It contains a therapeutic algorithm of Class I therapy indications for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction as well as ESC recommendations and focused highlights. 

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    Signs and symptoms of heart inefficiency infographic

    This resource demonstrates some of the common symptoms associated with HF that your patients can use to check their heart health. 

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    Heart failure self-care plan: the traffic light system

    This resource provides a quick guide to living with HF and ways to manage symptoms. It also contains a 'traffic light' system as a way for patients to understand which symptoms may require medical attention.

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    Running heart failure reports in Socrates

    This leaflet demonstrates how to run HF reports in the Socrates software system. This tool will help you identify patients who have and those who may have HF.

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    Generating heart failure alerts in Socrates

    This leaflet demonstrates how to create HF alerts in the Socrates software system. These HF alerts will raise a flag that will alert the user to assess for heart failure when an individual patient's chart is opened.

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    Creating heart failure referral letters in Socrates

    This leaflet demonstrates how to create HF referral letters in the Socrates software system.

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    Running heart failure reports in HPM

    This leaflet demonstrate how to run HF reports in the HPM software system to help you identify patients who have and those who may have HF.

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    Generating heart failure referral letters in HPM

    This leaflet demonstrates how to create HF referral letters in the HPM software.

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    Running heart failure reports in Health One

    This leaflet demonstrates how to run HF reports in the Health One software system to help you identify which patients have and those who may have HF.


ESC, European Society of Cardiology; GP, general practitioner; HCP, healthcare professional; HF, heart failure.

 

IE11526396 | April 2026

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