What is the prognosis of my left-sided heart failure?

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I understand your concern. I had gone through the report (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). Please take medicines for heart failure. Is the blood pressure under control? Is your blood pressure normal? Also, share your ECG (electrocardiogram) reports. Many medicines and devices improve the heart's function and symptoms. Are you taking only these two medicines? Please mention the symptoms and the kidney and diabetic status so I can guide you with the treatment options accordingly. Kindly revert. Thank you.

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I have reviewed the reports (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). Your Echocardiography shows severe left ventricular dysfunction and dilatation. What could be the cause in your case? Most commonly, it is due to a heart attack. Other common causes are peripartum cardiomyopathy, which is left ventricular dysfunction during the last months of pregnancy and early postpartum. The other causes are tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy is due to ectopic beats, myocarditis is inflammation of heart muscles due to viral infection, and alcoholic cardiomyopathy is due to the consumption of alcohol over a long time. Kindly share your current blood pressure and the ECG (electrocardiogram) reports. Medicines help to decrease blood pressure and heart rate. ICD (Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators) and CRT (cardiac resynchronization therapy) devices can be implanted, but these depend upon the duration of symptoms and stability. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, and peripartum cardiomyopathy are reversible in many cases. Even other forms can be well managed with medicines. Thank you.