Heart Failure Services

For people with heart failure, the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should be. This can cause fluid to back up in the body and the organs in the body might not get as much blood as they need. This can lead to swelling, trouble breathing, and feeling tired. However, many people with heart failure lead a full, enjoyable life when the condition is managed with medications and healthy lifestyle changes.

Heart Failure Clinics

Our heart failure clinics focus on education about medication, diet and fluid intake, exercise, and weight monitoring, as well as symptom management and risk factor modification. Vital signs, weights, blood work, and medication adjustments with refills can all be completed at our clinics between your regular cardiologist visits.

Our board-certified physicians and advanced practice registered nurses with heart failure expertise work alongside your doctor to continually monitor and treat the signs and symptoms of heart failure, as well as to help you understand your condition and treatment.

You can be seen quickly in our clinics, usually within a week of calling our office.

Heart Failure Clinic Services

Our heart failure clinics offer services for patients with heart failure, including:

• Medication adjustments and refills
• Vital signs
• Weight monitoring
• Blood work
• IV administration of diuretics, as needed (may not be available at all locations)
• Personalized attention and follow up
• Education regarding medication options and helpful lifestyle changes

Advanced Heart Failure Clinic Services

Our advanced heart failure clinic at Miami Valley Hospital offers additional services for patients with advanced heart failure, including:

• Advanced heart failure consultation and treatment
• Diagnosis—from screening to staging of heart failure
• Surgical treatment options in addition to heart failure services like medication management and cardiac rehabilitation.
• Review of surgery options for end-stage heart failure, such as ventricular assist devices (VADs) and heart transplants, in partnership with doctors from The Christ Hospital Health Network, with follow-up care at the VAD Clinic at Miami Valley Hospital.

Additional Heart Failure Services

Premier Health supports those living with heart failure with these additional services:

• CardioMEMSTM HF System is a new tool for managing heart failure and reducing related hospitalizations. It combines remote home monitoring with a tiny device permanently implanted in patient's pulmonary artery (PA) for earlier intervention of worsening heart failure. The system detects fluid buildup before physical symptoms 
• Cardiac rehabilitation. Premier Health cardiac rehabilitation programs are designed to help patients improve heart health and return to healthy, active living with heart failure.
• Home care services from Fidelity Health Care help patients manage heart failure symptoms in the comfort and privacy of their homes.

How to Refer to Our Heart Failure Clinics

A referral from your provider is required to be seen at our heart failure clinics.

Internal Providers

For internal providers looking to refer to one of our heart failure clinics, the order is simply placed in EPIC by entering "Consult to Premier Heart Failure Clinic" and then selecting a location.

External Providers

For external physicians looking to refer to one of our heart failure clinics, faxed referrals will be accepted at the locations listed below.

Locations and Hours