LOW EJECTION FRACTION PATIENTS' RESPONSE TO HEART FAILURE REVERSAL THERAPY – A SINGLE CASE STUDY

Abstract

In India, chronic heart failure (CHF) has increased significantly despite improved medicine therapy. The overall prognosis of CHF patients was found to be unsatisfactory due to a decreased ejection fraction or a low aerobic capacity in CHF patients, resulting in rising mortality and morbidity rates. Perhaps complementary and alternative medications can aid in the treatment of congestive heart failure as an adjuvant. Ayurveda is one approach which can be applied to the treatment. Several studies have demonstrated the efficacy of panchakarma therapy in treating a variety of illnesses, and it can be treated as Heart failure reversal therapy. Heart failure reversal therapy (HFRT) is a unique treatment intended to improve cardiorespiratory endurance in patients with CHF. This study quantifies the maximal aerobic capacity (MAC) of patients with CHF whose mortality and morbidity rates are rising. The objective of the present investigation was to assess the efficacy of HFRT as an adjuvant therapy for patients with CHF and a low ejection fraction. In the present case report, HF was treated for six months with conventional medicine. Then, only Ayurveda treatment was offered, along with lifestyle adjustment, after examining the cause and risk factors for heart disease. This case report thereby describes the beneficial role of Ayurveda in heart failure with poor ejection fraction (35%) in a 65-year-old male with comorbidities who has been treated in our institute for six months.