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Is EECP Therapy Recommended For Patients With 20% EF?
Question: Is EECP therapy recommened for patient with 20% EF.
Brief Answer:
NO!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is used for patients who have angina or have failed to get their angina fully resolved. It is not indicated in heart failure and may actually make this heart failure condition worse by increasing the amount of blood flow to the heart which is unable to pump it out.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using or services and feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
NO!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
Enhanced External Counter Pulsation is used for patients who have angina or have failed to get their angina fully resolved. It is not indicated in heart failure and may actually make this heart failure condition worse by increasing the amount of blood flow to the heart which is unable to pump it out.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using or services and feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Will you please advice me what solution for her condition since she had operated CRTD+ICD in asian heart center in XXXXXXX .
Brief Answer:
Please, upload the report of this surgery!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for this follow up question.
It is difficult to give specific advice following a procedure alone. It is important to understand the reason for surgery and what the findings were before making any meaningful suggestions. For this, I will recommend that you upload a copy of the discharge summary so that I can understand more before making any comments and recommending solutions.
I hope to hear back from you at your earliest convenience and promise to respond promptly. Until next, I wish you well.
Please, upload the report of this surgery!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for this follow up question.
It is difficult to give specific advice following a procedure alone. It is important to understand the reason for surgery and what the findings were before making any meaningful suggestions. For this, I will recommend that you upload a copy of the discharge summary so that I can understand more before making any comments and recommending solutions.
I hope to hear back from you at your earliest convenience and promise to respond promptly. Until next, I wish you well.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I have attached a medical history as your kind request .
Brief Answer:
Let him stick to his drugs!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for the reports. I have reviewed them fully.
The ultimate report is that he has severe dilated cardiomyopathy. The surgery and the ICD are meant to help with this condition. I have also reviewed his medications which are well thought and reasonable for his disease condition. At this time, there is really no need to change or make additions to this plan unless something else happens.
Let me know what your immediate thoughts and plans are. I wish him well and above all, stand by him in these rather difficult days, maybe.
Let him stick to his drugs!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for the reports. I have reviewed them fully.
The ultimate report is that he has severe dilated cardiomyopathy. The surgery and the ICD are meant to help with this condition. I have also reviewed his medications which are well thought and reasonable for his disease condition. At this time, there is really no need to change or make additions to this plan unless something else happens.
Let me know what your immediate thoughts and plans are. I wish him well and above all, stand by him in these rather difficult days, maybe.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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