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isochaemic heart disease
by sahil217, Mar 17, 2008 07:04AM
Hi, i would like to know the treatments for the Heart valve leakage. my father is diabetic and High blood pressure patient. he got heart attack in 2006. doctor's advised for bye-pass surgery but at that time we can't afford that.
know my father heart circulation is low as required by body, he got swelling in his leg as well.
doctor told that he can't operate my father at the moment coz after eco the doctor said there is valve leakage in his heart . so he cannot operate know. he give medicines to stop valve leakage and ask to come after 15 days.
sir/madam please help me and get into the right way, whats this all things mean. Is doctor is telling true or just giving a moral support.
can my father get procured or not, please guide me the further step i will follow.
Thank you
sahil
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know my father heart circulation is low as required by body, he got swelling in his leg as well.
doctor told that he can't operate my father at the moment coz after eco the doctor said there is valve leakage in his heart . so he cannot operate know. he give medicines to stop valve leakage and ask to come after 15 days.
sir/madam please help me and get into the right way, whats this all things mean. Is doctor is telling true or just giving a moral support.
can my father get procured or not, please guide me the further step i will follow.
Thank you
sahil
***@****
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I am reading between the lines but I believe what has happened your father is in heart failure mode evidenced by fluid retention. When an indivdual has a low EF (amount of blood pumped into circulation with each heartbeat) the heart usually enlarges inadditon to lower cardiac output...an enlarged heart can result in causing valve leakage.
Your father should be hospitalized to reduce swelling (fluid retention) or given medication: a diuretic to reduce fluids, (fluid retension causes the heart to work harder), medication to dilate vessels (relieves some work stress on the heart...reduces blood pressure) and medication to increase heart contractions enabling the heart to pump more blood into circulation with each heartbeat. This will give the heart time to recovery and the relief may reduce valve leakage.
If after this treatment and the heart has reduced in size and cardiac output (EF at the very least above 29%, requires an echo) is increased then a decision can be made and what options are a vailable. Diabetes requires treatment as well.