Severe lv

[Yasyass]

Has anyone been diagnosed with severe lv systolic dysfunction and had no symptoms and how many years can u live with it very worried

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

There is no right answer as it depends on numerous factors. Caught early, treated and with appropriate lifestyle changes many HF patients can have a near normal lifespan.

One thing that is not beneficial is constant worrying which seems to be affecting you. See your GP as he should be able to arrange counselling or another therapy like CBT.

[Yasyass in reply to MichaelJH]

Thank you Michael I think you can see that I am worrier I try not to

[Parminter]

If you had no symptoms, Yas, then how was it diagnosed? What led to the tests?

It is odd that it should be 'severe' when you have felt fine. I think you should feel very tired and breathless. perhaps with swelling ankles and an irregular heartbeat.

[Prada47 in reply to Parminter]

Hello

I think I am correct in saying there are a couple of classifications for Severe HF !!

A Low EF can be described as Severe and the other one can come from the NYHA scale of 1 - 4 which comes from how you are affected doing Routine tasks HF with preserved ejection fraction is how it is sometimes described.

Personally I can go between Moderate and Severe

I would think currently if I was assessed I would be classed as moderate on the NYHA chf-solutions.com/heart-fai...

Regards

[Yasyass in reply to Prada47]

I think the diagnosis was severe but hf stage one but since I had new meds and found out diagnosis I started feel slightly breathless and more anxious which I cannot explain even to the gp as I will feel ok but then new symptoms appear fear itself and anxiety is probably worse that the hf itself

[Yasyass in reply to Parminter]

It’s because I had a heart attack abroad but everytime went gp said everything ok for nearly four years and only did ecg which came up Okin but showed past ha so I was just curious and ask my gp if I could do a echocardiogram and it all started from there saying I have hf stage one and severe lv then did mri waiting for results and gave new tabs

[Parminter in reply to Yasyass]

I hope that you will find reason to be less anxious, Yas.

[Yasyass in reply to Parminter]

Thank you