Does anyone know how long you can live with 2 leaking heart valves when surgery is not an option? This is for someone who is overweight and in poor general health.
2007-09-26 02:10:13 · 8 answers · asked by Pico 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
This is a 63 year old man who is still a heavy smoker. He will not take care of himself.
2007-09-26 02:16:03 · update #1
Depends on if the person loses weight and strengthens their heart by exercising. (of course with a doctor's supervision)
2007-09-26 02:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Life expectancy for someone with 2 leaky heart valves?
Does anyone know how long you can live with 2 leaking heart valves when surgery is not an option? This is for someone who is overweight and in poor general health.
2015-08-19 06:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by Marcellina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 54 but I stopped smoking and drinking 10 years ago. I have attended Cardiac Clinics where people who would not survive the op kept attending for 4years. I don't see them anymore because now I only go back once a year. I had a mitral valve replacement 4 years ago and things are getting better.
I think that stopping smoking is a must as ops cost a fortune and if the individual with the hart problem cant make an effort to save there life why should the health system.
I had surgery with a man who had a bypass and needed to drink beer with his meals. Saying who gets an op and who doesn't is a tricky thing but if I was on an operating team I would not want to work on people who wouldn't make an effort themselves.
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2007-09-26 04:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by clapper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MY mum was diagnosed with 2 leaking heart valves 11 years ago,aged72.She's still going!
2015-06-27 06:50:31 · answer #6 · answered by Dianne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the person, My nan has a leak in her heart valve, She has also smoked since she was 17. She is 91 in May and going strong!
2007-09-26 02:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for that.
2015-02-28 00:59:31 · answer #8 · answered by Misc. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋