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What Is The Life Expectancy When Heart And Lung Functioning Is Less?

MY FATHER 82 WAS JUST TOLD HE HAS 10 PERCENT HEART FUNCTION, 25 PERCENT LUNG FUNCTION, HIS BODY TEMP IS 34.2 AND BP AVERAGES AROUND 85/40 HE HAS A CATHEDAR AND SLEEPS MOST OF TIME, HE IS CONFUSED AND STRUGGLES TO BREATH. WE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE, INCASE HE DIES WITHOUT US. DO THESE SYMPTOMS MEAN DEATH IS NEAR
Mon, 21 Nov 2016
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left ventricle ejection fraction less then 355 is considered as critical, your father has a ef of 10%,this means suppose if heart has to pump 100ml of blood your father heart is pumpimg only 10ml of blood
as blood pumped outside is very low there fore it cannot maintain the blood pressure also
as a consequence blood pressure is also very low
as blood perfusion in every part of body is very important to maintain tempperature of body his body temp is also low.....all these things are interconnected....as blood reaching the brain is less he is clumsy and confused
you have not mentioned his age but left ventricular assisted device implantation followed by cardiac transplant is the only option left at such a low ef
but its a very costly procedure needs a brain dead heart donor

thank you
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What Is The Life Expectancy When Heart And Lung Functioning Is Less?

left ventricle ejection fraction less then 355 is considered as critical, your father has a ef of 10%,this means suppose if heart has to pump 100ml of blood your father heart is pumpimg only 10ml of blood as blood pumped outside is very low there fore it cannot maintain the blood pressure also as a consequence blood pressure is also very low as blood perfusion in every part of body is very important to maintain tempperature of body his body temp is also low.....all these things are interconnected....as blood reaching the brain is less he is clumsy and confused you have not mentioned his age but left ventricular assisted device implantation followed by cardiac transplant is the only option left at such a low ef but its a very costly procedure needs a brain dead heart donor thank you