Well, in my case my EF got back up to 55%. I asked the cardiologist if the echo was normal and just looking at that echo if he didn't know about my previous trouble would he think that it had always been normal and he said yes. So it appears that it recovered to normal after getting off the steroids for about 1 year.
Not sure if you know it or not but I got back on the steroids after the scan showed it was normal and then had a blood clot about 5 yrs later in my right main coronary and suffered a bad heart attack. I had them do a DNA test on me for clotting and found I have factor 2. We had no idea it was in the family. So the combo of the steroids and that disorder seem to have just about done me in. Here is a link to the thread:
http://www.professionalmuscle.com/f...heart-attack-age-38-follow-up-phils-post.html
So now my EF is about 20-25%, last measured about 4+ yrs ago. I am going back in for another echo in March and am hoping my EF has gone up some because my heart rhythm has gotten much better and I suffer less episodes of tachycardia. My defibrillator has only had to go off once, but it saved my life. My EF was below 20% but then an echo about 2 years later showed it up between 20-25%.
correct, EF and motion can improve often due to the heart finding ways to compensate ( might be through natural stem cells among other things) but commonly the fibrosis is still there. You cant see the fibrosis on an echo. Its sorta like findings ways to work around an injury in the gym, someone observing you ( echo) might not notice your injuried but you are.
clot in right main? Im assuming you mean LEFT main. Or do you mean an ostial right lesion? By factor 2 do you mean your deficient or you have a mutation in? Left main lesions can often kill you immediately without notice.