Heart Failure
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Ejection fraction
Hi, my dad is 58 and has a ef of 20-25% I make sure he is at 2000 or less mg sodium each day, take his meds on time and stay at 2l of water. I wanted to know how soon someone got their ef up to a normal percentage. Thank you.
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, June 24, 2019 8:59am EST
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Cardiac Cachexia
Visited my talented dermatologist the other day for a skin check. It took her about 20 seconds to initially diagnose what was really bothering me, and stumped all the other Docs to whom I posed this question: "Doc, ya think I'm kinda skinny...
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The Thyroid
I'm curious.......anyone here suffering any type of heart issue that was judged by a Doc as being related to either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism? --Dave--
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I’ve hit the crossroads
After 4 aortic valve replacements, Full time A-Fib controlled totally by 4 lead pacer and 6 years of CHF I have hit the crossroad. In hospital last 2 weeks to get full diuretics and kidneys back to my average. Submitted all blood work and sternum ct scan...
read morelatest replyRIP12, June 19, 2019 8:04am EST
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Volunteers Needed for Cardiovascular Study
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH STUDY Hello, my name is Thomas V. Parinello, and I am a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology program at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting my dissertation research on cardiovascular...
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Playing with one's Meds
Over the past few months, my daily feel was "fair." I began jocking around with my drugs. Initially, I was taking 100mg 1X daily of Metoprolol. I started to awaken in the middle of the night with crazy PVC's. After a couple...
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Heart Failure Survey
Are you an adult who has been diagnosed with heart failure? If so, you are invited to participate in a research project studying future treatment planning among heart failure patients and experiences related to end-of-life care. This study is being conducted...
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ZOLL LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (WCDs)
When the VEST Does Not Fit Representations of Trial Results Deviating From Rigorous Data Interpretation The article is about the study data not fitting the conclusions of the authors. A different read on VEST trial results published in Circulation:...
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Telling your boss about your CHF
Any experience or advice if you should let your job know of your heart condition? I’m 33yrs old. I have CHF. Diagnosed last year. I work for a small company so everyone is really close. I am good at my job so I don’t want the work...
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ADVICE ON TAKING THE NUCLEAR STRESS TEST - MEDS ONLY, NO EXERCISE
Anyone taken this test? I'm scheduled and a bit apprehensive. Diagnosed with afib parasymal 2/2019 and tachycardia 11/2018. What is it like? I'm afraid the med will speed up my heart too much and not come down. Thanks for any info. Test...
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