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This is a sad and tragic day!

This man has always been an inspiration to me and ever since I read his book "Long Walk to Freedom", I have been fascinated by him. It was solely because of him that I visited South Africa in 2001 and spent nearly 3 months in that beautiful country.

He has made such an impact on me that I have made life choices that he inspired namely, that it is more important to live for others that simply for oneself. It is an ideal I hope I will be able to live up to and if I achieve only a minute fraction of the difference and inspiration that he provided, it would have been worth it.

God bless his Soul and may he rest in peace!

36 is very young for congestive heart failure and usually means there is a higher likelihood of something being treatable as compared to an older person although there are also causes for which no definitive treatment is available.

Please send me all available details including results of scans, blood tests, chest x-rays and any doctors letters. You can scan these and send them to me by email: tosinmajek@doctors.org.uk.

I will be happy to provide any advice necessary.

Thanks for your communication

Thanks for your response.

Congestive cardiac failure is not really a diagnosis but rather a sign of something else. Congestive cardiac failure can be caused by severeal things:

Heart valve problems
Electrical heart problems
Coronary artery problems
Inflammation of the heart muscle wall
Congenital cardiac problems
Metabolic problems
Heart lining problems

This is a small list which is by no means exhaustive.

If the heart failure is severe then this is very serious as severe heart failure is associated with early mortality. The importance of a thorough evaluation by a cardiologist is that there are some causes which can be treated which can make the heart normal again and allow one to live and full and normal life.
Can I ask how old is your brother and how he was diagnosed and where he is being treated?? You can send me an email with your number or his number and I can speak to him and try and find out what the problem is and see if there is something we can do to help him.

Thanks for your message.

Hello Pimp_lucious,

Can I ask where your father had his angioplasty and also what drugs he was placed on??

If he had coronary angioplasty and was placed on a concoction of drugs, he absolutely has to take the drugs for the rest of his life. There may be one of the drugs that is stopped after 3months if he had a bare metal stent or 12 months if he had a drug eluting stent.

CCF usually refers to congestive cardiac failure....can I ask why the question??

Dear Bmark,

St Edwin is giving good advice. I'm a cardiologist and your symptoms may well be cardiac in origin. Can you give me your number so I can call you and find out exactly what is going on and if I can be of help??

Many thanks

Dear Nairalanders,

Greetings to you all. I have had a long hiatus from this site and have only recently rejoined.

I am a UK and Canadian based cardiologist who is looking to heard back home. I've made several visits and been involved in some activities you may have come across on the news such as the cardiac procedures performed in UCH in July and the open heart surgery performed at UCH in October. We are planning to do more cases in January.

I am offering to be an opinion for any individual or family member who needs a cardiology opinion whether adult or paediatric. I'm happy to provide verification of my qualifications etc if required.