How long does it take someone to die who has a dilated heart?
My dad died in his sleep...here is the specs: Male, 53 y/o, one beer aday, maybe two cigs a day at work, construction worker, played with grandkids, watched TV, worked on cars, ate typical ...
My dad died in his sleep...here is the specs:
Male, 53 y/o, one beer aday, maybe two cigs a day at work, construction worker, played with grandkids, watched TV, worked on cars, ate typical American food, nothing too greasy. <~~lifestyle
He died in his sleep and turns out he died from Cardiomyopathy: dilated heart.
They also found a small amount of fluid in his lungs, his liver and kidneys were good to go.
How long do you think he had this heart disease and didnt know it?
Male, 53 y/o, one beer aday, maybe two cigs a day at work, construction worker, played with grandkids, watched TV, worked on cars, ate typical American food, nothing too greasy. <~~lifestyle
He died in his sleep and turns out he died from Cardiomyopathy: dilated heart.
They also found a small amount of fluid in his lungs, his liver and kidneys were good to go.
How long do you think he had this heart disease and didnt know it?
 Chris  |
Few months |
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 Trick Love Da Kids  |
2 years |
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 SarahJ123 |
so sorry.... |
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 emtd65 |
It is hard to say, everyone is different. It depends how far along the condition was and there may have been other factors which weakened his heart such as high cholesterol etc. Sorry for your lose. |
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 psychopiet |
One of the most common causes of this is a viral infection of the heart. This could have happened years ago. Obviously typical american food doesn't help and could be a cause for this in itself. |
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 TP  |
I'm sorry to hear about your father. The time of death after having dilated cardiomyopathy is totally variable. Statistically, 1/3 of patients with this condition get very sick very quickly and die within one year. 1/3 of patients slowly get sick and die within 5-10 years. 1/3 of patients actually get better over time and live for quite a long time. Dilated cardiomyopathy means that the heart is large and not beating well enough to keep blood moving out of the heart and through the body. The fluid in his lungs is called pulmonary edema, and is a result of the blood backing up in the lungs since the heart can't keep it moving out of the lungs efficiently. Was it a sudden death or did he have symptoms? Prior symptoms include shortness of breath with exercise or lying flat, swelling in the feet or ankles, abdominal fluid buildup, etc. If he had those symptoms, how long did he have them? If it was a sudden death, it was more likely to be because of a heart arrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. Any type of heart failure puts a person at high risk for a deadly arrhythmia of the heart. Because his liver and kidneys were fine, I would suspect it was an arrhythmia in the heart which actually caused his death. I'm sorry to hear that, but I hope this information helps. |
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