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What Is The Life Expectancy Of A Woman With Severely Leaking Heart Valves?
I have an aquaintance who 80 years old. She has chronic atrial fib and takes coumadin. She saw a cardiologist who told her she had two heart valves that were severely leaking. She cannot be operated on due to other autoimmune health problems. What life expectancy does she have with these inoperable severely leaking valves?
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
Hi,
80 years with autoimmune health problems is difficult to operate the heart and could be life threatening if tried.
Life expectancy of a person, depends on multiple factors. The leaking heart valves must have adjusted to her present condition and might last her life if she does not have any more complications like an additional stroke, myocardial infarction or other organ dysfunctions.
To improve her life expectancy, she needs to avoid stressful situations, balanced nutritional diet, mild exercise to remain active and vitamin supplementation. She needs to maintain a good hemoglobin to avoid any stress on heart.
If she maintains herself with good living parameters, long life expectancy could be seen.
Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further queries, happy to help again.
80 years with autoimmune health problems is difficult to operate the heart and could be life threatening if tried.
Life expectancy of a person, depends on multiple factors. The leaking heart valves must have adjusted to her present condition and might last her life if she does not have any more complications like an additional stroke, myocardial infarction or other organ dysfunctions.
To improve her life expectancy, she needs to avoid stressful situations, balanced nutritional diet, mild exercise to remain active and vitamin supplementation. She needs to maintain a good hemoglobin to avoid any stress on heart.
If she maintains herself with good living parameters, long life expectancy could be seen.
Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further queries, happy to help again.
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