Heart Failure Transitional Care Clinic

There is no cure for heart failure, but there are tools and resources for patients and families to help a patient diagnosed with heart failure live life to the fullest.

After a patient is discharged from the hospital or emergency room for heart failure, they will be enrolled in the heart failure transitional care clinic and treatment will begin. Treatment for heart failure consists of medications recommended by world experts and research. Treatment also includes educating patients and their families and caregivers about congestive heart failure, including individualized dietary restrictions and activity levels for the patient.

Sapna V. Desai, MD
Section Head, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant

Erin Picou, PA-C
Provider, Heart Failure - Transitional Care Clinic

How do I make an appointment?

Patients are referred to the Ochsner Heart Failure-Transitional Care Clinic team prior to discharge from their hospital stay. The clinic navigator will reach out to schedule an appointment. Follow-up appointments for clinic in-person or virtual visits will also be scheduled at this time.

Patient

• Heart failure transitional care clinic flyer
• Education booklet
• Weight symptom tracker