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signs of congestive heart failure

Looking back, Don Gazzaniga says he had signs of congestive heart failure (including dizziness and shortness of breath) for a few years before he was diagnosed. Then one day while out on the lake with his competitive rowing team, his energy level suddenly dropped to zero. Although he told himself he was simply worn out, a cardiologist discovered heart failure.

Gazzaniga sought the opinions of other doctors and ultimately came under the care of Michael Fowler, F.R.C.P., a cardiologist and director of the Heart Failure Program at Stanford School of Medicine in California. Fowler told Gazzaniga that his symptoms and disease progression, as well as his odds of needing a heart transplant, could be partly improved by restricting sodium in his diet.