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Jm- im sorry your dad is having such bad problems with his health. you really cant put a timeline on his life expectancy. it IS very good that he doesnt smoke at all–and drinks very little. and you said he has lost alot of weight and walks –which is really good–he needs to keep his heart strong.
my grandpa had a pacemaker, and heart failure for the last 20+ years of his life.. and he lived to be 73. so you really cant guess as to how long he might live. his legs were swollen (he had to wear TED hose) and kept his feet elevated when sitting because they would balloon.
i wouldnt switch hospitals. every hospital is equipped with crash carts, emergency medications and tools to use in case something went wrong. i have seen a few cardiac caths done, and they went fine.
opening his chest for full emergency heart surgery if the cath procedure went wrong–well there isnt much they can do with the heart once they open the chest besides cardiac massage or repairing torn arteries, veins etc. they can do most of that by shocking him back into a normal rhythm and through drugs (not opening him up).
there is a very minute chance they would open his chest due to a cath–i have never seen it done.
just try to stay calm, and be there for him. the procedure will be a little uncomfortable for him (it does hurt) no matter how drugged he is.
best of luck to you, and your family through this. dont set it in your mind that he will die in 10 years–because he may last much much longer.
my way of thinking is that no one is guaranteed to live a long life no matter how good of health you are in–i was a paramedic for years and im acutely aware of just how precious life really is–that you could be talking one minute and gone a few minutes later. life is fragile, and most ppl take it for granted.
just be there for your dad–it will mean more to him than you know.
Depends on the underlying disease and how long it has gone on, before the surgery and his improved habits. Good question to ask his doctor.
Generally,
people can live many years, even decades, after being diagnosed with heart failure.
The trick is to maintain a salt-free diet, check weight every day or two (to catch fluid retention), eat a good heart-healthy diet, and exercise as tolerated (walking or whatever the doc approves such as swimming).
The word “failure” does not mean the heart is failing altogether; but it means the pumping action is not up to par. Symptoms can be controlled, usually by medicines.
As for getting a heart cath in a hospital that does not do cardiac surgery, i wouldn’t want my Dad to have it there….
I am a nurse who did cardiac surgery recovery in 3 of the U.S. states. It’s just common sense and used to be routine that cardiac cath was only done in hospitals that could do emergency heart surgery.
Now there is a trend toward doing cath at other hospitals, since the procedure is relatively common and safe. (But, see what i said above)