A cardiologist told Global News that ‘patients can often live very well with heart failure, with appropriate treatment, therapies and care. They can live a very full life.’
An Okanagan woman was 43 years old when she suffered a stroke. Jennifer Monaghan said doctors also discovered she had a heart condition. She now spends time volunteering and spreading awareness about heart problems.“I didn’t have any of the traditional risk factors,” Monaghan told Global News.
“My right arm and my right leg are not as coordinated or as strong as they used to be,” said Monaghan, adding she also has some difficulties with memory and cognitive impairment.“When the doctors were trying to find out why I had a stroke, they discovered I also had cardiomyopathy,” she said.“Heart failure kind of encapsulates a disease process in which there can be a lot of different reasons why a patient has heart failure and a lot of different states of that condition,” said cardiologist Dr.
Staying on top of risk factors, like cholesterol, is critical, but so is closely monitoring for any signs of heart-related issues. “So these are signs that if they’re present, then patients should definitely seek further attention.”“It certainly can come with a lot of complication,” said Khosla.
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