Cardiomyopathy
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new to heart attack
Hello, I just joined. I was looking for answers and support because I just had a small heart attack less than a week again. It occurred while in hopsital. I am home now, feeling week, a little frightened and sad. I do not want...
read morelatest replymarshamd59, December 4, 2018 9:50am EST
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LVH
Hello , I was diagnosed with an LVH a few months ago while pregnant. I’m 36 and now on no meds for Blood pressure. My questions are for lvh not to progress do I have to be on meds ? If exercise is supposed to help reverse how would I know
read morelatest replyMikkelFinsen, December 13, 2018 9:53am EST
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Non Compaction Cardiomyopathy at 30
Hello All, I was diagnosed with non compaction cardiomyopathy about 2 months ago. I was a healthy, athletic 30 year old up until that point. I started having shortness of breathe, then I became ill from some sort of virus all within a 2 week timespan....
read morelatest replyMikkelFinsen, December 12, 2018 12:25pm EST
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Adjusting the best I can
Hello everyone,I'm new to this forum as of today.On July 6 of this year I walked into the emergency room for what was to be a 6 day stay.The diagnosis....bi-lateral pneumonia and heart failure.Subsequent testing via sonogram would determine my ejection...
read morelatest replyMikkelFinsen, December 12, 2018 1:01pm EST
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Cardiomyopathy
Hi everyone, I am new on this site. I have just turned 52 years and have three wonderful sons. Early this year I had a cardiac arrest at work. Colleagues at work tried tried vehemently to perform CPR on me but with no avail. I was then...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, November 23, 2018 11:02pm EST
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Hypotension and Meds
Hi Everyone, I’m feeling a little down. Before my diagnosis of HF, I always had low blood pressure (typically in the 90’s/60’s). I know Beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are key to a good prognosis, but even the low doses my
read morelatest replyKellykellydw, November 26, 2018 4:47pm EST
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LMNA Gene.
Hi everyone, I’m new here tonight. I’m 41, mum of 4. Ive had a rough 3 years. It all started with chest pain and a thumping heartbeat when walking in 2015. It had a rapid onset and rapid deceleration. Stress test on treadmill triggered...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, November 19, 2018 8:53am EST
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47 and diagnosed with cardiomyopathy with an EF of 20%.
Hello Everyone, Well in the last 12 months I have been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and an EF of 20%. I had a SICD implanted underneath my arm. What is truly amazing is that for the past 6 months I have had absolutely zero symptoms. ...
read morelatest replyaray21, December 13, 2018 4:31pm EST
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37 and Just diagnosed w/ Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure
Hello All. I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and heart failure a few weeks ago (on my 37th birthday, of all days). I had been complaining of being short on breath for some time to my PCP, but they believed it was due to a pretty bad respiratory virus...
read morelatest replymarshamd59, November 20, 2018 11:31am EST
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Just diagnosed with VTach and S-ICD implanted
March 3 2018 I was rushed to the hospital for a heart rate of 212bpms . I was told it was a dangerous V Tach and needs to be shocked . I wasn’t dizzy or feeling faint so I stalled them from shocking me . After trying meds to bring down my heart...
read morelatest replymarshamd59, October 25, 2018 11:31am EST
