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Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. Summary: Most patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) now live more than seven years and those ICD patients with hereditary heart disease can live for decades, according to new research. Share:
1 For people with mild COPD (stage I) the prognosis is very good and they may have a relatively normal life expectancy but this decreases as the severity of staging increases.2  People with COPD who are admitted to an ICU have an estimated death rate of about 24% and this rate can double for people over age 65. People with COPD who are admitted to an ICU have an estimated death rate of about 24% and this rate can double for people over age 65. 2  The average life expectancy of a COPD patient who undergoes a lung transplant is about five years.