“Heart failure?”
How long do people with heart failure live?
Female | 69 years old
Medications: High blood pressure
3 Answers
If properly treated you can stay healthy for decades.
The lifespan in heart failure depends on how much heart muscle is damaged. The more damage the worse the outcome. Some patients are candidates for treatments like ICD devices or bi ventricular pumps or heart transplant. However these all come with risks and complications and If there are associated diseases present the patient may not be a candidate for the treatment. The best treatment is prevention.
The average life expectancy in the past has been five years but recently, with new treatments, the life expectancy has improved greatly.
