Power of Possible: Congestive Heart Failure
Power of Possible: Congestive Heart Failure
In this NBC CT segment, Sakerkhanu shares her story of how UConn Health helped her manage her congestive heart failure. Dr. Tabtabai explains how medications were used to improve her heart pumping function and how it was ultimately discovered that genetics played a role in Sakerkhanu’s condition. Learn more: https://health.uconn.edu/cardiology
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0.629 -> Welcome to this week's Power of Possible,
brought to you by UConn Health.
5.7 -> A different hospital and a different
physician were not receptive to the
10.24 -> severity of my disease. UConn hospital
took me in within 24 hours.
16.57 -> Sakerkhanu came to us with heart
failure—the pumping function of her
21.55 -> heart was about 22 percent at the time that we
met her, with normal being 55 percent or so.
28.42 -> We were able to get her on medications to
improve heart pumping function and we
34.09 -> ultimately found her to have a heart
failure related to a genetic inheritance.
39.28 -> This was based on something my father
had had. With that knowledge we're able
45.7 -> to monitor her family members to see if
they develop any evidence of heart
49.18 -> failure as well.
50.778 -> I worry for my children.
54.06 -> If they do carry the gene it would be a
57.07 -> very tough life on them. Dr. Tabtabai
laid out a good care plan for me and my family.
63.52 -> She's wonderful every time she
comes so we always have a wonderful
67.54 -> visit. I love hearing about how her
family is doing.
70.365 -> My husband's been very
71.56 -> supportive. My daughter is 9 and my son
is 12, and they're a big part of my
78.67 -> reason to live and
a huge support system in my life.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9jtyBB9ro