Hello,
I am a 36 year old mom of a three year old and a four month old. Before I became pregnant with my second child I had an echocardiogram as a result of a follow-up when I mentioned to my primary doctor that I sometimes had a little heaviness in my chest. The echo showed two things, one was a very mild case of mitral valve prolapse which my mom also has, however the other thing was this low-normal ejection rate. I went back again during my pregnancy and this time it was normal. However I just went back again postpartum and again it is back to the low normal ejection rate, between 5-10% below normal is what they tell me. My blood pressure is also low and always has been, at the last visit it was 86/52. My cardiologist is suggesting an MRI to find out what could be the cause of this lower than normal ejection rate. I am a non-smoker, exercise on most days, healthy weight and have a low salt diet. Does this lower than normal ejection rate mean heart failure? Does it mean that it will get progressively worse no matter what I do? Do you have any helpful information for someone my age? I am very concerned that this will impair my ability to live a full life to normal life expectancy.
Thank you for any helpful information you may have