Does presence of cardiomyopathy along with ischemia affect the life expectancy?
Patient: I have cardiomyopathy and sleep apnea. Four years ago, I was implanted with a bi-ventricular pacemaker with 3 leads to the heart. Recently, I have been diagnosed with ischemia. My beta blockers have been doubled to 25 mg. twice a day. What does that do to my life expectancy? Doctor: Thank you for choosing HCMHaving cardiomyopathy can significantly affect your life expectancy. The medication that you are on is correct and I do not think that you should worry. The best way to know the function and the effectiveness of the heart, you will need to get the heart checked up. You should see a Cardiologist to get a Echocardiogam and Technetium scan which will help find out if the heart is working properly.Please follow up after the results of the ECHO and the scan are back. All the best.Hope this helps you.Dr Vignan