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Suffered A Major Heart Attack, Stent Placed. On Ventilator, Heart Pump, Being Brought To Conscious. Chances Of Recovering ?
My Uncle just had a Major Heart Attack a couple days ago. He had blockage in the Widow Maker Valve, looked like a hair. A stint was placed in. He was given CPR 2 times and then Paddles at ER. He was treated with a cooling chamber for a 24 hours and still has a Ventilator and Heart Pump. He has 15% of his heart working on it s own. Has a couple more days to go before they will unhook him and bring him our of unconsciousness . What is his changes of recovering with this low heart function?
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Suffered A Major Heart Attack, Stent Placed. On Ventilator, Heart Pump, Being Brought To Conscious. Chances Of Recovering ?
10 to 15%chance of recovery as the artery has been opened!