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What is my prognosis with Heart Failure?
Heart failure is a long term condition of an ineffective heart muscle. In this video, Dr. Sunthar tells us the likely development of the disease.
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The prognosis with heart failure is around a 50% survival at around 5 years and a 25% survival at around 10 years. It's worth remembering though that these studies were done around times and we didn't have as many medications available to us as we do now. So in fact your survival may well be longer than that and it really highlights the importance of being on the best medicines possible at the right doses and having other treatments as necessary.
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