My DB was hospitalised with breathlessness and erratic heartbeat last week.
After tests he has been diagnosed as having severe heart failure. ejection fraction is between 20 and 25% but likely to be at the bottom of that scale.
He is being discharged into the home he lives in with input and support from the heart failure team.
He is being referred as an outpatient to a consultant cardiologist to see if they can investigate the cause of the huge attack he had last week, however its unlikely, given his vulnerability that they will investigate too much as some of the tests are invasive and require minor surgery.
I have been advised he is not a candidate for surgery due to his underlying conditions, so no bypass or surgery or no invasive tests and a DNR is in place should he have another heart attack, I am trying to remain positive but something tells me that all in all, if your heart is only operating at (at best) a third of what it should be, then that isn't going to be good news is it?