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What Is The Life Expectancy Of Person With 50% Of Heart Functioning?

Hello. Fount out today that my dad had a heart attack (he has no clue when it happened) and he was told that the front 50% of his heart is not working. How long can someone live with only 50% of heart function? He does smoke and had been tryingto cut back and I do not know about blockage on the other side of his heart. He was told there was nothing they could do to help other than give him some meds but they are doing further testing to see exactly what was damaged. At this time, he has only had an EKG and a nuclear stress test. Thank you.
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Hi,

What you are referring to is termed as "Cardiomyopathy" which could be d/t blocked vessels or other reasons. It seems like your dad's vessels are probably narrowed down D/t smoking but could only be absolutely confirmed with coronary angiography. These days the prognosis of cardiomyopathy has improved significantly and it depends upon the degree of cardiac function also defined as ejection Fraction (EF).

I was Trying to understand if your dad EF? Is it 50% or 25%. There are different treatment options for both the groups which improves the survival significantly.I Hope I have answered your question to some extent. Please if you can share further details like his ECHO and stress test results. Take care and have a blessed day!

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

Regards,
Dr. Sadaf Mustafa
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What Is The Life Expectancy Of Person With 50% Of Heart Functioning?

Hi, What you are referring to is termed as Cardiomyopathy which could be d/t blocked vessels or other reasons. It seems like your dad s vessels are probably narrowed down D/t smoking but could only be absolutely confirmed with coronary angiography. These days the prognosis of cardiomyopathy has improved significantly and it depends upon the degree of cardiac function also defined as ejection Fraction (EF). I was Trying to understand if your dad EF? Is it 50% or 25%. There are different treatment options for both the groups which improves the survival significantly.I Hope I have answered your question to some extent. Please if you can share further details like his ECHO and stress test results. Take care and have a blessed day! Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Sadaf Mustafa