CHF?! What is going on with me?

[Cowgirlsara]

Hello! I'm a 41 female in good health! In June I went on vacation and over the next 4 days had massive swelling up to mid thigh and hands and abdominal swelling! Went to ER for the swelling and shortness of breath! They said I had Congested Heart Failure! Medication helped the swelling and my CHF blood test came down! I still have shortness of breath and abdominal swelling and heart palpitations! I had a echo done that show the following

EF of 55%
Chamber sizes are normal
Left Ventricle Thickness -postierior is mildly increased as is the septal
LV Systolic normal
LV diastolic normal
RV systolic normal
RV systolic press 25mmHg
MV is thin and redundant without evid of MVP
Tricuspid is normal as is the pulmonic
Mild MV and Tricuspid regurgitation
IAS aneurysm measuring 3.5cm
Noted -Atrial Septal Aneurysm

Also had a Nuclear Stress Test
All looked ok but for a arrhythmia : PVC


I'm now going to have a TEE

So what the heck is going on! Activities that I do daily cause me to have shortness of breath Im always tired and my legs wake me up at night from tingling and some pain!

[katioucha44]

An ejection fraction of 30 is very low. You should see a cardiologist so you can understand what is going on and prevent your EF from sinking even lower - it can happen very fast. I found a great cardio at 27% EF - just in times it seems. Two month before I was still exercising with some shortness of breath but no other symptoms. Don't delay.

[Ger57]

As long as your heart is not functioning properly, you will have fluid retention.
In the legs it causes edema, in the chest it causes shortness of breath.

Depending on the cause of the CHF and the severity, treatment commonly consists of lifestyle modifications such as stopping smoking, physical exercise and dietary changes, as well as medications.

[Bookreader1]

Ok I have 30 efforts I exercise eat very health don't retain any eater or any shortness of breath unless I push my exercise too much. No water retention. Just a little tired.  No other medical conditions. But Dr says I'm 6 plus years into this and after 5 years 30  percent dead and ten years 95.  Why am I not getting any symptoms except tired when I'm six years in?

[Bookreader1]

I hate auto correct or I'm just a really bad poster. 30 ejection rate don't ever retain water just wanted to clear up my above post.  

[Bookreader1]

Am 58 year old female who quit smoking and lost 45 pounds and exercise. Just some background for my above posting

[Bookreader1]

And I'm scared to death