Tehran University of Medical Sciences The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM) 3115-7270 4 3 2009 07 21 149 158 Habibollah Saadat Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Roxana Sadeghi Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Motamedi Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Mohammad Hasan Namazi Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Morteza Safi Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Hosein Vakili Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Kambiz Sadaghiani Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran Zahra Saadat Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran 2015 10 03 The clinical and economic importance of heart failure is widely recognized.  The incidence of heart failure is on the increase, particularly with the aging of the population around the world.  It is time for a paradigm shift in heart failure management. Alternative non-pharmacological strategies to remodel the failing ventricle will shape a major portion of heart failure therapy in the decade ahead. Exposure to heat is widely used as a traditional therapy in many cultures.  In this paper, we will review recent data that suggest thermal therapy may be helpful as an adjunctive non-pharmacological treatment for heart failure. https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/134 https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/download/134/132