Prayers.No. Out of the blue.
Prayers.
Is her heart at 50% or EF (ejection fraction) of 50%?
I had a heart attack in January, completely out of the blue. I'm 36, no symptoms or risk factors, no cholesterol issues, blood pressure normal and as a runner I have no problem maxing out stress tests. I had a 100% blockage in 1 artery and no blockages at all in any other arteries. My EF was 45%, but now it's 50% after a few months, which is low of normal ie 50-70%. So if it's EF 50 that's pretty good after the heart attack, because it will improve.
On a slightly other note, there are some reports of COVID-19 affecting some part of the heart that can cause blood clots in the arteries without the normal respiratory symptoms. Of course with a sick father and the pandemic coverage, many probably are running higher than normal blood pressure.
Yikes. Sorry to hear that. What is it like for you all? I'm assuming this is being done while she's admitted to the hospital. Are you allowed to be with her?
I'm not sure how old your wife is, but a lot of women have heart issues after menopause. In men, as our arteries slowly get clogged throughout our life, we can build new vessels in the heart, called collateral circulation, that acts like extra plumbing to allow blood to get around a clog. But there's something about estrogen that protects the heart, even if the arteries are getting clogged, so the body doesn't build the extra pipes. Once they stop making estrogen after menopause, they lose that protection pretty rapidly and can have heart attacks that seem to come from left field.
Keep up your faith my friend. It's going to be okay.I don't know to be honest. ABout her 50% thing. But she is complaining of not being able to breath. Doctors said it was fluid build up from the heart attack. But now I'm worried about COVID19. Have a call into the dr.