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76yr old grandmom was diagnosed with left ventricular dysfunction. said her left side was functioning at 48%. what does this mean overall & what is next?
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Heart failure: Left side (ventricle) of heart pumps blood to body. Ejection fraction is a means to determine efficiency of heart at pumping out blood. Normal is greater than 50%. So anything less is left ventricular dysfunction aka heart failure. Best to control blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, etc. Stop smoking. Check out http://goo.gl/VqLaQW for medication regimen to optimize health.
Answered 2/5/2016
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