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Have idiopathic dcm & bi vent icd. ef was 38%. have a bad cold and heart feels strange, short of breath but don't want to go to er due to cost. norma?
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Call your cardio doc: The cold can put increased stress on the heart leading to acute congestive heart failure. Your cardiologist can adjust medications and order outpatient tests to determine the best course of therapy. I have given IV diuretics in the office to get someone through these events. If you are significantly in distress, however, you need to go to the er.
Answered 5/1/2015
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May not be a cold: Many times people with weak hearts think they are having a cough and cold but are really in chf. Cough especially at night may be cardiac asthma. Call your doc. Tell him if you have gained any water weight he may try to increase ur water pills but if that doesnt work may have to admit you.
Answered 12/21/2012
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