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Is It Possible For The Ejection Fraction To Improve With Life Style Changes?

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Posted on Thu, 16 Apr 2015
Question: A friend of mine recently had defibrillator/pacer placed and is now doing cardiac rehab .. for about 6 weeks. Her EF remains at 30. Can she expect this to improve?
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Answered by Dr. Divakara (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
It won't improve EF.

Detailed Answer:
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Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P     
First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting your query.

Defibrillator/ Pacer is an tool that is used to control the rate and rhythm of heart beat but it doesn't have any action on the contractility ( EF )

But indirectly by preventing abnormal rate or rhythm of heart heat it prevents deterioration of EF.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Is It Possible For The Ejection Fraction To Improve With Life Style Changes?

Brief Answer: It won't improve EF. Detailed Answer: HI Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting your query. Defibrillator/ Pacer is an tool that is used to control the rate and rhythm of heart beat but it doesn't have any action on the contractility ( EF ) But indirectly by preventing abnormal rate or rhythm of heart heat it prevents deterioration of EF. Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask .