If the heart enlarged and enlarging that could bring a bad ending, maybe soon. I have an echo every two years as I had mitral valve surgery to stop the atrium enlargement. That was in 2007 and my hear and I are getting along fairly well, well I'm still ALIVE, at least. My EF is about 60, but my atriums are about useless so I suffer some of the symptoms of low EF, dizziness when changing activity level from sitting to just standing up. My cardiologist doesn't see me in any risk of a near term death, in fact we just change for a checkup every 6 months to once a year. Good luck, keep a eye/check on the EF.
If a person is 83 and has 25% heart function what are the risks of the surgery to put a pacemaker in?
well your doc has made a worrying statement to you. EF of 40% if it were to hold at that, is not too bad. A lot of people have a much lower EF AND ARE STILL ALIVE. he has all the facts to judge this, but its a scary comment to be making. Get a second opinion to try reassure you all. Is there any chance of improvement to ef? or can drugs help it at all?
Doctors are practicing, and while they are, we are patient with them.
Fortunately Drs. make mistakes.
I suffered a HA 5 and half years ago who left me with a 23-25% of EF.
I am still alive and making a quite normal life.
Jesus
I read a report which analysed patients in the netherlands having received bypass surgery and had a low EF. Going by these results, I find your Doctor a bit off track. Here are the statistics for an EF of 35-50
After 1 year, 9 out of 10 survived
After 5 years, 8 out of 10 survived
After 10 years, 6 out of 10 survived
Have they suggested an Echo every year?