Cardiomyopathy
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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 replyKarenMaru, December 26, 2018 2:48pm 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
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29 years old and possible dilated cardiomyopothy
Wondering if anyone has any similar experiences. About 6 months ago I started noticing fairly strong palpitations that were causing me to feel faint,dizzy, and weak. I went to the my primary care doctor. She had me wear a holter monitor...
read morelatest replyemily4, October 22, 2018 1:40pm EST
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“Ground Hog Day” is coming
I saw my shadow 2 weeks ago when I had my update echo. My EF went from 20% to 10%... but I have virtuallly no symptoms and passed a stress test just 3 days earlier with flying colors. So now I am on a more aggressive medicine regimen for 6 weeks to try...
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Unusual heart failure symptoms?
Hi all I my name is Rich I am 63 years old and I was first diagnosed with very mildnonischemic cardiomiopathy with a left bundle branch block back in 97. At that time I was asked to quit smoking and drinking alcohol which I did not which lead to severe...
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Congestive Heart Failure, Ventricular Arrhythmia, Severe Leaky Mitral Valve with Regurgitation
I was lead to write this as I believe I read about two identical twins thru Heart.Org??? on dilated Cardiomyopathy. To start off, my identical twin was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure in 1995. In looking back on her health journey, she had other...
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