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Is Defibrillator Advisable For Heart Working At The Condition Of 50% ?

My Brother is in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus Ohio. He has a problem with cervical spinal and lumbar stenosis. He had triple bypass surgery at least 20 years ago. He went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital. After some tests he a v Fib and was stabilizes with drugs. as the result he was transferred to the ICU. The next day they performed an angiogram and said he had a heart function of 50% and today they were to install a defibralator, but now they decieded against it and say he only has a 20% heart function and nothing can be done. Is this correct and do you have any suggestion for further treatment.                                                   
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Hello,

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs) are highly effective for termination of VT and VF and also provide bradycardia pacing. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in combination with an implantable defibrillator can be of help in end-stage heart disease (low EF) or who have left bundle branch block QRS prolongation. Alternative is cardiac transplantation.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Thank you.

Regards,
Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas
Internal Medicine Specialist
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Is Defibrillator Advisable For Heart Working At The Condition Of 50% ?

Hello, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs) are highly effective for termination of VT and VF and also provide bradycardia pacing. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in combination with an implantable defibrillator can be of help in end-stage heart disease (low EF) or who have left bundle branch block QRS prolongation. Alternative is cardiac transplantation. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Thank you. Regards, Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas Internal Medicine Specialist