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Stage 2 heart failure, what does this mean? |
My father was told he was in stage 2 heart failure, that his brain is starting to die, lungs not functioning right, kidneys not working right. He is on oxygen at home, his blood pressure has been 98/40 and lower, over weight, and type 2 sugar, staying in 280 and 320 what kind of chance does he have, and how long The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association developed a classification of heart failure based on stages of the syndrome. |
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