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If your doctor thinks your heart failure is the result of a problem with the valves or arteries of the heart, is likely to recommend surgery. Before accepting this alternative has to consider all available information and possible outcomes. You should talk to your doctor about the following: Disadvantages, including the possibility that not results.

• Other alternatives, and the benefits and disadvantages of these.
• The total cost, and how much his company paid health insurance.
• Before deciding to undergo surgery, get a second opinion from another doctor.Usually, insurance companies health, require the patient to have a second opinion before agreeing to cover the costs of this procedure.

If heart surgery is an option in your case, it is important to find a surgeon and hospital experience in this type of surgery. Ask about their success rates when performing these surgeries and discuss costs before choosing a hospital and surgeon.

If the submission of a medical emergency, as they stop breathing or have heart arrest, it is assumed that the patient accepts the treatment. In the U.S. there are some legal alternatives in terms of medical treatment. These decisions are individual rights. If you feel you need help to take them, can speak with a relative, a priest, a clergy member or counselor. Remember, this is a decision only you, can do or not do. You have the right to refuse or accept medical treatment before they are needed because of an emergency. Can you clarify a legal document that you do not want emergency technicians try to re-make the heart beat or that place a special machine to restore breathing.

You may need to give specific instructions to your family and others to know in advance what their wishes in the event of an emergency. In the U.S. there is a legal document known as “care instructions” (“advance directive”) that specifies your wishes in the event of an emergency. The document specifies the measures and treatments that you approve and not approve in the event that during an emergency you can not think or speak clearly.