My dear Heart failure specialist friends of DOCPLEHUS, For dilated cardiomyopathy with heart failure Grade 3/4, with all encouragement given by doctors in DOCPLEHUS, I have decided to have a CRT. Cardiologists ask me to have a CRT D. I woud like to have CRT P alone , the main deciding factor in India and in my life is the cost of CRT D (which is double compared to CRT P). Is it OK, if have CRT P alone? (The blood pressure now is 74/45.
ECG - Basic sinus rhythm, mutiple premature complexus, ventricular as well as supreventricular, PR interval variable, LBB Block. ORS iterval more than 120. Holter monitoring shows ventricular ectopics 5891, bigeminy 1, trigemini 381, supraventricular ectopic 298, Max heart rate 121, Min heart rate 29, LV ejection fraction - 24). What is my risk of having VF after CRT P alone? Is there any finantial help available for patients in India, who will have…
