Heart failure

I was told I had congestive heart failure my ejection fraction was 50-55 on last years echo with diastolic disfunction and recently had an ech and my ejection fraction went up to 60-65 but my diastolic pressure is elevated now the doctor put me on water pills and potassium will this help my heart I don’t know much about heart failure or heart disease has any one else experienced this?

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Numbers

by ePaul2018 - 2018-03-29 19:59:52

Those numbers don't sound right. Your disabled in the USA at about 28%-30%.  It's really bad, ask me how I know when you hit 10-14%.  To be as high as 50-60% sounds like a dream to me, certainly not 'heart failure'.

HFpEF

by The real Patch - 2018-03-29 23:28:09

Contrary to some peoples belief, you certainly DO have heart failure. It's heart failure with preserved Ejection Fraction. The treatment regimen is meant to reduce your hearts worklosd so it can heal. Relax follow his treatment and enjoy life

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