Rex Heart Failure Clinic
If you have been diagnosed with heart failure, Rex Heart Failure Clinic can help you reduce symptoms and improve your quality of life. Experienced specialists from UNC Health Rex and UNC Hospitals work with general cardiologists and primary care providers (PCPs) to offer comprehensive, personalized care.?
Conditions we treat
Services
- Access to heart failure devices
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o Barostim
o CardioMEMS
- A dedicated pharmacy team
o Medication assistance programs
o Medication titration clinic
- Chronic heart failure management
- Remote monitoring program
- Access to heart failure devices
What to expect
You’ll?receive a call to schedule an appointment within two business days after a referral. If you recently received hospital care,?we’ll?try to schedule your visit within a week of discharge. Rely on us to contact your PCP and primary cardiologist to get your medical records.
Bring all your medications and supplements in their original containers to your first appointment. During the appointment, you will:?
- Meet with a heart failure doctor or advanced practice provider and other team members
- Get lab testing, if needed
- Create a personalized care plan
Follow-up care
Your team will follow up with your primary cardiologist or PCP to discuss your care plan. They may ask you to make lifestyle and medication changes,?monitor?your weight, see a pharmacist, enroll in?
cardiac rehabilitation
or take other steps to keep your heart in the best possible shape.
Why choose UNC Health?
Advanced heart failure care
Both UNC Health Rex and UNC Hospitals heart experts offer care at our Rex Heart Failure Clinic locations. Together, we’ve improved the care and quality of life for patients with advanced heart failure throughout the UNC Health system. While the disease is complex, every patient has a team of specialists working to offer them the best course of treatment.
