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Does anyone know if it’s possible to improve heart ejection fraction of 35 percent please?

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In a word, yes.

Mine was 23% when i was underging surgery, it is now back to a normal level for a healthy person - i think the question is probably more can it be done and can it be done without medication or surgery - and i'm not qualified to answer.

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Wonderful - so pleased for you.

Yes.. I went from an EF of less than 35% to around 45% in approximately 4 months with medication and gentle exercise. Don't know what my EF is now but it likely to have improved since my last echo early this year.

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Great progress for you. Wish I had more explanations/face to face meetings than is presently available. Thank you.

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Yes, although I’m sure it depends on the nature of your HF. I had non-ischemic DCM (caused by chemo) At the time of diagnosis 18months ago my EF was 20% , six months later 35% and 18months from HF my EF is now 43%. I’m sure it’s down to medication and exercise.

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So pleased with your improvement and thank you for your reply. Not sure about much currently. Two phone appointments when I’ve had problems with language. Would love a face to face session and some explanations!

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S11m

AF or ¿any? arrhythmia would affect the ejection factor - but presumably, they have checked your ECG?

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Not sure - new to all this stuff being lucky enough to never have had any problems in the past. Thanks for your reply and good luck to you!

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Hi Winnebago after a recent echo my EF is 28%My Cardio had asked my Doctor to increase my blood pressure tablet .

I think he would also like to increase my beta blocker but as I’m very sensitive to this I’m not sure .

So by doing this he must think it will improve it

Hopefully 😊

Hope this helps .

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Thank you so much. Good luck.

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Thank you for your advice. Good luck to you.

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Thank you for your kindness. Will check out the link.

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