Suggest Treatment For Low Heart Function In An Obese Person

Posted on Tue, 17 May 2016

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Tue, 17 May 2016 Answered on

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Question : My daughter 33yrs old obese heart function 15& can she do a exercise to make her heart stronger? She refused the Deflibrator

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Following advice

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.

Her heart function is very low and there's no exercise that will be effective in strengthening her heart.

If she was my patient I would recommend ICD (implanted cardiac defibrillator) and resyncronisation therapy which may be effective in increasing her heart function.

Moreover I would have registered her to transplant list.

Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar