73year old with heart failure with reduced Ejection fraction
73 year old man presented with the complaints of Dragging pain in the left inguinal region since 2 months Patient was admitted under general surgery for left inguinal hernia and left varicocele. Patient was eventually taken up by us in view of ecg changes. Ecg shows Lbbb along with increased PR interval (240msec) 2decho was done which showed heart failure with reduced Ejection fraction 35% with LAD akinesia and hypokinesia of RCA and LCX territory However the patient gives no complaints of Dyspnea, chest pain, giddiness, orthopnea and PND. He gives a history of getting operated for? Right inguinal hernia 10 years back He had no previous complaints of chest pain, Dyspnea, orthopnea, PND but was told to have a heart problem and had to undergo CAG on routine investigations CAG was done 7 years back ( no documentation available). On examination: PR - 78bpm Bp - 100/70mmhg Afebrile Jvp - not raised Cvs: Apex beat in left ICS, 1cm lateral to MCL S1, S2+ Lungs - clear on ausc...