Hi I have afib, not usually too often but have had a few episodes this year. On all the usual meds. Have just been given an inhaler as hyperinflated patches were found on my lungs in a chest x ray. Anyway had the results of my latest echocardiogram yesterday and was wondering if you good people can interpret for me . Shows a non dilated left ventricle with normal wall thickness and preserved systolic function. Estimated ejection fraction of 65%. Right ventricle normal size with good function. No significant valvular abnormalities. Says a plan is already in place with arrythmia team. Basically that's extra bisoperol when in a fib. Thank you.
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Nice result, real nice. I don't know how old you are now but I would have another Echo done in 2 years or so .... important to keep an eye on things over time. AF or no AF the EJ Fraction will deteriorate as a result of increasing age. Back in 2020 (aged 76 ) my EF was about 65%, two years later it was down to 62% - can't remember the present reading ( 80 in Sept 2024 ) think it was around 58 to 60. %.
As BobD says ................ your good in the heart department. Well done .
I got a similar report on my annual echo a few months ago, but the Cardio finished off with the words 'From a cardiac point of few, she seems fine, treatment seems reasonable; - appeared to me like a veiled implication that she's as mad as a hatter! For comparison I'm 81!
But as I’ve mentioned here several times before, the lowest dose of Bisoprolol was too much for me to take daily as it brought my heart rate down to the low 40s and I shouldn’t think I am the only one affected in this way! Flecainide (100mg twice daily) has kept my heart in order for well over a year now and my blood pressure is fine according to British levels, if not those in the US where the drug companies might have more power!!
Well, we are all different- I have not had an ablation and at 80, I have already outlived my parents and have no wish to make a century as I developed chronic fatigue with this heart condition following a virus.
What could it be ... my triage team Thyroidectomy blame Stroke with AF. Then the Cardiac blame the Thyroid issues.
I need to stop at exerting myself for a few seconds or minutes and then carry on.
But after the PET/CT scan Nuclear my thyroglubin went down from 1.7 to 1.1.
I was recalled in my 4th neck Scan for any recurrence of Papillary thyroid cancer in the tissues.
This time it showed a ring of 72mm calcification.
The CT scan showed 2 lymphs? with 7mm and 8mm ? cancer. Then another 19mm x 9mm is ?ed .
Because this area has never been imaged the Drs and Surgeon cannot compare them so I need to wait 6 onths fore a repeat CT Scan with contrast which has been scheduled.
Also in the PET scan my pituitary gland lit up and this Tuesday 11th June I have an MRI with contrast in our main base hospital.
I can drive for 1/2 hr do my shopping, errands drive home and fall asleep for an hour or two a couple hours later.
On Metoprolol I couldn't even exert myself without stopping to sleep.
On CCB Diltiazem the Day 60s H/Rate is great and makes my H/rate under control. Night is always 47bpm avge.
What would your guess be?
I keep my TSH at 1.7ish, T3 is 3.9-4.2, T4 total is 21-24.
My Mum lived until 93 but a UTI went undiagnosed in a nursing home and she was in bed for 10 days. I had flu so the 3-4 hr drive kept me anchored, The Home then the hospital rung. "You better get dwn here smartly your Mum has Renal Failure and her heart can't take it any more. She is semi-conscious.
I was with her, a painful end of life. They stopped the med and the saline drip. I watched her pass this world and gave her permission.
With my assistance she signed end of life as "if an organ fails please leave me" but "if I have an infection please treat it".
What is best?
cheri JOY
** I have a friend finally in hospital. been under assessment. They are sending her home today but she is 'unrealistic and thinking loopy". She refuses to take meds at home.
My diagnosis from her tests shows she has Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia. It all started with flu like symptoms. This friend walks 12 km two days running a week up to then.
Lungs and Brain thinking are deeply connected. Must talk to the drs today. Antibiotics don't sure but steriods do.
Sorry!!Too much to cope with answering! A recent scan showed something nasty so I have a hospital appointment next week to find out what it is and what the docs propose to do about it.
My husband takes care of me and I’ll let you know what I find out on Thursday. “Thanks for your support” as the headmaster at the children’s school used to say to parents many years ago!
At 38 mine laughed at the lump in my groin coming around the back of me having coming straight out of shower. Then after the indirect ingroinal hernia repair and hysterectomy (talked unto it by surgeon - a little longer wound) I had to have blood transfusions and I was left with 10" wide circle of bruising which he laughed at.
2 years later I left him.
And he had leukaemia at the time. He died at 61. He was 7-8 years older.
I go for my MRI Pituiary Gland tomorrow. Cross fingers.
Poor you! Sounds like you’ve had a rough time. And on the other side of the world. I’d wanted to visit New Zealand but writing to you is the nearest I’ll get now. Just had a call from a lovely locum doc, passing through our surgery sadly, and she urged me to continue to finish the pack of statins I was given despite the fact that it says they are not suitable for people over 70 and I’m 80!!
Interesting- I rang the company where a woman confirmed that the 20mg Avorstatin were not suitable for those over 70. However, the pharmacist who I consulted, told me that most people who take them are over 70 and he urged me to take them! I’ll carry on taking them hoping that the next blood test is fine and I can stop as I used to do with the red yeast rice capsules that I used to get when this cropped up but can’t find any more!
Lucky you!!! 😊 Maybe now what they and you can do to preserve this important cardiac health. Some doctors see higher doses of beta blockers and blood pressure medicines (even with no hypertension) as doing this over the long term, for example.
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