<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.my mother has stage IV CHF, she experiences shortness of breath, cannot get up a few stairs without rest and often has dizzy spells, when she was in hospital she also suffered from acute kidney failure. She has been advised that she is not a candidate for heart transplant and she was advised here heart is at 10 function. Can you advise what can be done at what is approx life expectancy.  <response>: Hi Charts very unpleasant to hear that, and I completely understand what you are going through. Stage 4 is the last stage of CHF congestive heart failure and medicines barely provide any relief to the patient. The only option at this stage is a heart transplant but again unfortunately due to the complexity of the surgery and many other factors very few patients qualify for it.90 of the patients will pass away within one year of stage 4 Heart failure. Just try to keep her happy all the time be with her dont let her feel lonely. May god bless 