Question 1

what causes impaired heart function ?

Accepted Answer

May causes: Impaired blood flow due to diseased coronary arteries is the common final pathways. Underlying issues include, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, valvular disease and sometimes infections.

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Question 2

would a mild left atrial enlargement cause symtoms? heart function shows normal and all other heart on echo shows to be normal. do not have any other related issues, other than anxiety disorder?

Accepted Answer

: Not likely. Ask Dr why it is large. Did you ever have rheumatic fever?

Question 3

if psychiatric medication can cause qt prolongation can it negatively affect heart function?

Accepted Answer

Yes. : People react to drugs differently... Therefore, if you develop symptoms, stop taking the drug and call you doctor for an appointment! good luck!

Question 4

i am in ticagrelor, aspirin, apixaban, rusovastatin and bisoprolol. recently got a gout attack in my toe. can i take low dose colchicine? is tart cherry juice safe? i have mi 15 days ago with stenting of lad. heart function normal?

Accepted Answer

: There is a major interaction between colchicine &amp; rusovastatin but it is not an absolute contraindication if you do not have kidney disease &amp; take low dose of colchicine. If widespread muscle pain occurs when taking colchicine, stop it immediately. If you take colchicine, do not take the tart cherry juice. Your bleeding risk is too high with ticagrelor, ASA &amp; apixaban combination, be careful.

Question 5

can a 62 year man with lupus survive on 22% heart function?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Survival may be limited but careful medical management may help for a long time. The other consideration for right now is evaluation for a cardiac assist device. A number now exist and you should seek out a high volume center that also does transplants and seek evaluation and consideration for an assist device especially before heart function gets any worse.

Question 6

are you still higher risk if your heart function is normal on medication?

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Heart function : More information is needed. What is the risk you are concerned about and what medication?

Question 7

my angioplasty was year back after that my heart function was 30percent now it is reduced to 25 percent what should i do?

Accepted Answer

See a cardiologist: The quantification of your EF as 25 or 30% may in point of fact actually be no difference if these measurements are based on visual inspection via echocardiogram and with different readers (i.e. interreader variability).  If the quantification is more objective by MRI, or MUGA, or SPECT, then more reliable. Either way, you ought to be on optimal medical therapy &amp; rule out ischemia as a cause.

Question 8

1st attack 7rs ago, 2nd in june 2013. all minor till 3rd attack dec 2013 drug coma for 10 days. 20% heart function. be honest how long to really live?

Accepted Answer

Heart Failure: In some people heart function improves with medical therapy. In patient who doesn't respond to medical therapy, they continue to deteriorate and die from heart failure and its complications like cardiac arrhythmias and sudden heart death. It is difficult to predict the life expectancy. Existing data shows mostly it is.

Question 9

what is mild impaired heart function?

Accepted Answer

Early LV Dysfunction: Heart pumps the blood to lungs and receives oxygenated blood to pump to whole body. For pumping, left ventricle contracts, it can be affected by weakening of cardiac muscles or reduced outflow area, aortic valve problems. Symptoms are shortness of breath on exertion, early fatigue, ankle swelling, palpitations. Further impairment can be prevented by early diagnosis and taking care of the cause.

Question 10

what percentage is good heart function?

Accepted Answer

Normal is 65%: A way of defining heart function is the ejection fraction (ef).  This is the percentage of blood pumped out of the heart with a heart beat.  So if full heart had 100ml of blood then it it pumped out 65ml that would be ef 65%.  Good can be hard to define.  Many people can function fine with an ef down to 35-40% and medical management.  If it gets below 25% then we would define that as heart failure.

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If psychiatric medication can cause qt prolongation can it negatively affect heart function?

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I am in ticagrelor, aspirin, apixaban, rusovastatin and bisoprolol. recently got a gout attack in my toe. can i take low dose colchicine? is tart cherry juice safe? i have mi 15 days ago with stenting of lad. heart function normal?

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Can a 62 year man with lupus survive on 22% heart function?

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Are you still higher risk if your heart function is normal on medication?

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My angioplasty was year back after that my heart function was 30percent now it is reduced to 25 percent what should i do?

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1st attack 7rs ago, 2nd in june 2013. all minor till 3rd attack dec 2013 drug coma for 10 days. 20% heart function. be honest how long to really live?

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What is mild impaired heart function?

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What percentage is good heart function?

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