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My father is 79 years old as per his echo report heart is only 20 percent working and he is becoming week day by day?
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Heart failure: The twenty percent refers to ejection fraction. This is the percent your heart contracts per beat. Normal should be 70 percent. I would suggest you have your father see a cardiologist.
Answered 3/18/2015
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