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What Is The Survival Rate Of A Person With 20% Heart Ejection Fraction?
Question: my husband will turn 69 on saturday Oct.31. on August 16 2015 he had a heart attack I took him to the hospital. while having triple bypass his kidneys took a hard hit. He has diabtes which he injects in the morning and evenings. when they released him from hostpital his heart was pumping at 35% that was SEPT. 2. i HAD TO TAKE HIM BACK TO HOSPITAL 8 DAYS AGO HIS HEART RATE IS NOW AT 20% HIS SUGAR IS UNSTABLE. DOCTOR IS GOING TO PUT IN PACE MAKER AND DEFIBULATER. THEY SAID HIS HEART WOULD NEVER GET BETTER. WHAT IS THE MORTALITY RATE FOR HIM
Brief Answer:
Following advice.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query very carefully and understood your concerns.
Unfortunately for your husband the disease has progressed to severe heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20%. The disease prognosis and life expectancy is poor. Overall survival rates after five years are less than 20% of patients.
Other factors which contribute to a poor prognosis are diabetes and renal damage. Stabilizing diabetes and renal parameters will help to improve his life expectancy.
The pacemaker and resyncronisation therapy with defibrillator insertion (IDC) which has been proposed to him tend to improve cardiac function, quality of life and life expectancy.
This is why it's essential to do the proposed procedures.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu
Following advice.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query very carefully and understood your concerns.
Unfortunately for your husband the disease has progressed to severe heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20%. The disease prognosis and life expectancy is poor. Overall survival rates after five years are less than 20% of patients.
Other factors which contribute to a poor prognosis are diabetes and renal damage. Stabilizing diabetes and renal parameters will help to improve his life expectancy.
The pacemaker and resyncronisation therapy with defibrillator insertion (IDC) which has been proposed to him tend to improve cardiac function, quality of life and life expectancy.
This is why it's essential to do the proposed procedures.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu
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