Hi! Today I was speaking with a lady at work (she is the POA of my mothers roommate in the nursing home). I knew she was having heart problems and they had been doing some testing to find out what was wrong with her. She has had several heart caths. over the years and they told her that her heart muscle is "thick", but never actually diagnosed her with HCM. She is in her late 70's or early 80's. She and her dtr. were talking about her upcoming surgery at The Cleveland Clinic in Sept. Her dtr. said that she was recently diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and saw Dr. Lever. Small world!
By the way she explained what they were going to do, I believe she is having her mitral valve replaced and a septal myectomy. However, she also said that they are replacing part of her heart muscle with a muscle from her leg...and that it is an 8 hour surgery. What??!! 
Rene'


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