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      Reference Depression: Stop Negative Thoughts
      Reference Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
      Reference Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
      Reference Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
      Reference Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
      Reference Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight
      Reference Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Properly
      Reference Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids
      Reference Heart Problems: Living With a Pacemaker
      Reference Heart Problems: Living With an ICD
      Reference Insomnia: Improving Your Sleep
      Reference Low-Salt Diets: Eating Out
      Reference Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
      Reference Stop Negative Thoughts: Getting Started
      Reference Stress Management: Breathing Exercises for Relaxation
      Reference Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery to Relax
      Reference Stress Management: Doing Meditation
      Reference Stress Management: Doing Progressive Muscle Relaxation
      Reference Stress Management: Managing Your Time
      Reference Stress Management: Practicing Yoga to Relax
      Reference Stress Management: Reducing Stress by Being Assertive
      Reference Warfarin: Taking Your Medicine Safely



    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference October 22, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology
    Reference Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology


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