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Thanks both of you to share your experience and knowledge. the three tests were done through two month period. I do have similar situation like Teresa has. But they are also a little different. I had a heart attack twenty three years ago. I had a thrombus in my LV since then. I had done tons echo and other tests, non of the findings were lower than 30%. Actually I have charted them, the trend is getting better. I do not know why the last three tests had so much different findings. Meanwhile I have a few typical symptoms like most patient have. such as short breathe( very miner), fatigue( Yes I do have it, but considering my age, it can be expected), no swell on my ankles, I do not need high pillows.. I swim three times each week, every time I swim 60 min. about 1500m cumulatively. I do not know what I should do about it.
By the way I just got a call from my cardiologist who suggested me to do MUCA test. He does not believe the reading doctor's findings from MRI. He said that there are lots human being factors involved.
I wonder which class medications are better drugs to improve LVEF.
Shousan Wang
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Hi @wangs. Glad to have this chance to make your acquaintance and give you my best wishes for getting on top of your LV challenge. Quite by coincidence, I ran across some information from the American Heart Association just this morning that you may find useful. It focuses on the MUGA test on one page and more generally Ejection Fractions on the other. Here are the links:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartFailure/SymptomsDiagnosisofHeartFailure/Ejection-Fraction-Heart-Failure-Measurement_UCM_306339_Article.jsphttp://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/DiagnosingaHeartAttack/Radionuclide-Ventriculography-or-Radionuclide-Angiography-MUGA-Scan_UCM_446354_Article.jsp
From this and other literature, it seems clear to me that the percentage numbers of Ejection Fractions can be misleading if they are read without professional interpretation by the doctors who performed the tests. The numbers seem to jump around, but that's because they means something a little different from person to person, from test to test, and from cause to cause. I hope you'll have a chance for confidence about the information your doctors are providing.
Martin
Hi, Teresa,
Currently I am taking,
1. RANEXA ER
2. FENOFIBRATE
3. ENTRESTO
4. WARFARIN SODIUM
5. ATORVASTATIN
6. BYSTOLIC
7. HYDRALAZINE
8. ISOSORBIDEMN ER
9. EZETIMIBE
I do not know if there are other drugs to help improving LVEF.
thanks,
Shousan
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@wangs Hello Shousan:
I appreciate you sharing some more of your history of heart problems. You were wondering about what class of drugs are better to improve LVEF. Could you share with us what type of drugs you are currently taking?
As your cardiologist mentioned the MUGA test, I found a link on Mayo's website regarding this test, https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/cardiovascular-medicine/overview/specialty-groups/nuclear-cardiology-laboratory/overview.
I hope that you are able to find answers through this test and feel confident that you are doing as much as you can to treat this situation.
I look forward to hearing from you again.
Teresa