Cardiomyopathy
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Cardiomyopathy
Hello Everyone! Has anyone been diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy? I'm new with this and very confused. What type of doctor do you follow up with for medications. After my cath test , the cardiologist that performed it gave me my diagnosed and...
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Not good news... worried.
I am posting this as a new thread. I commented on an earlier post with below.. " No symptoms. EF of 15. Angio yesterday shows no blockages.." This is what I said back in January.... I have been taking Lysinopril and Metoprolol succinate...
read morelatest replyrmjoswick10, April 19, 2019 11:37pm EST
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Defibrillator
Greetings. I feel a little selfish and asking for advice without previously contributing but Aubrey o can be of service on another occasion. I am a emergency medicine PA with 25 years of experience. I have a question I hope somone can...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, April 18, 2019 9:06am EST
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LVNC
About a year ago (2 weeks after my 43rd bday) I found myself in the hospital with congestive heart failure. My EF was ~15%. After days of testing the doctors couldn’t find a reason for my condition. No hbp, no high cholesterol, no blockage,...
read morelatest replyRIP12, April 15, 2019 9:19pm EST
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HOCM and Anxiety??!!
My story is a bit long so I apprectiate your attention if you are inclined to read it. First off I recently was diagnosed with HOCM. I'm 44 years of age and I had suspected something had been wrong with my heart since I was a teenager....
read morelatest replyHeidiCordero, April 12, 2019 7:37pm EST
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why is the heart muscle still getting thicker?
My cardiologist tells me I have a severely enlarged heart (thickened heart muscle). I was hoping that being on a beta blocker would reverse this condition, however, an echo done recently indicates that it has thickened even more so. The doctor says the...
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, April 11, 2019 4:12pm EST
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
I was diagnosed with this. My ejection fraction is 15% and has not improved. I’m 37 years old. I’m so scared. What should I expect?
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, April 8, 2019 9:23am EST
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Cardioversio/Tikosyn
I was cardioverted out of A flutter yesterday. Started on Tikosyn at 9am EST today. Just had EKG and my QTc is 681 !!! They are running all over the place. I will try to keep you posted. Transamdoc0
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, March 30, 2019 12:07am EST
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Afib/Tachycardiomyopathy
I was hospitalized Oct 2017 for Afib . All test for blockages were normal includin a super normal Lexiscan stress test. The internest decided to get an “exit echo” just before discharge. The Afib had resolved on its own. Surprisingly the Echo...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, March 26, 2019 1:46pm EST
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Diastolic dysfunction
I had been having chest pain and Shortness of breath for about a month, my MDs thought it was related to my Addisions disease. I was at theCardiologist office and asked the NP about a lab result. She then saw the reports of the echo... no one had looked...
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