Hi My dad going through a bad time at the moment. He is 89 and for several weeks about 8 as been having headaches fuzzy heads, he calls them dizzyness.
He has a pacemaker which was changed a few months ago and a echocardiogram in March diagnosed a weaker left ventricle of 25 to 30% efficiency.
He takes aspirin,amlodipine,bisoprolol and ramipril for his heart. Also takes other medications.
The consultant put him on Eprilone following diagnosis of worsening HF. Also said possible change ramipril to another when Community HF have seen him,which they havent yet.
He was admitted to hospital overnight as his blood test came back showing low sodium level of 124. They also gave him CT scan which was ok. They was going to do MRI but cant because of pacemaker
His headaches and dizzyness returned after a day or 2. His repeat bloods now show low level of sodium again but GP doesnt know why has referred him urgently to a specialist not sure why not AE for another drip also Dad doesnt know what the level was.
Is it possible the low sodium is caused by HF as the last time I was in AE the doctor said it was unlikely.
How bad is the 25 to 30% ejection fraction as he unable to exercise at all
Sorry for the long post but you may have similar experiences.
Many Thanks for reading.