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What Quality Of Life Will A Heart Failure Patient Have After Surgery?
My father just had a heart attack on both sides of his heart. He is 94 years old. The doctors did surgery to clear blockages and repair valves. He was just taken off the heart pump machine and will be weaned off the ventilator. He us doing great and we are all shocked that he is still alive. What quality of life will he have if he makes it out of the hospital.
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Its great to hear your father is doing well at this age after surgery, looking at the age and the heart failure status, you have to be very punctual in medication and take lot of precautions, like to prevent any infection and do regular check ups
Its great to hear your father is doing well at this age after surgery, looking at the age and the heart failure status, you have to be very punctual in medication and take lot of precautions, like to prevent any infection and do regular check ups
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