My aunt just called my dad and warned him (didnt scare him) about what's probably going to happen.

She first, told my dad that he's a lot better off than my uncle was with his heart problem. First off, my dad thought my uncle's Ejection Fraction Rate was 15%, it wasnt. It was anywhere from 6% to 8%! (and he was still working when it was that low!)

So, my dad's much better off than my uncle was...and my aunt said they've done a lot of research and have had some advances in treating this stuff since 1995. She think's if they get it managed correctly that he should be ok for a good bit.

She told my dad that the cardiologist is probably going to send him to one of the local heart failure clinics in town (every hospital here has one) and that they'll check him out regularly and adjust medications when it's needed and that there's a lot of good treatments for this. (hey, at least he doesnt have to worry about the possibility of suddenly going blind from ON, or losing the ability to walk or something because a couple of neurons blew a gasket...)

When my uncle got sick, he'd lost so much of his heart that they'd put him on the transplant list. My aunt said she thought that if he got on whatever treatment they do for this, he should do pretty good. He's in a lot better physical shape than my uncle ever was.