My father had a bad case of acidity and constipation which caused him a lot of discomfort. His regular doctor did an ecg as well and said there was a variation in it.
Papa was taken to a heart hospital where a thallium test was done. The test revealed that the heart was enlarged, had 31% damage out of which 5% was reversible (ischemic). His LVEF was determined as 29%. The dox said he had had a silent heart attack at some time.
The doctors recommended that he be treated with drugs instead of surgery.
He has been overweight, hypertensive and a high blood pressure patient for over over 20%, is a moderate drinker non-execiser, and non-smoker. He has since left alcohal and gone on a strict low-fat, low-salt diet. He is taking Ace-inhibiters and Beta-Blockers as well as nitrocontin, Losar, Atorva and Deplatt.
My questions are that
1. Is he in any imminent danger?
2. Will the drugs restore the size of the heart and repair the 5% ischemic damage?
3. Is the drug therepy enough?
4. Is stem cell therepy a credible alternative
5. With regular medication, moderate exercise and controlled diet, what is the average life expectancy?
6. Is 29% LVEF critical?
7. Any other thing he can do?
Thanx.
Harpreet Giani
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