Hi All,
I'm researching my HCM family tree to help my doctors determine any risk i might have for sudden death, etc. There is no HCM on my mother's side, and my father was adopted, so his death is my only clue as to what may be in store for me. Dad was never diagnosed with HCM. His medical records are proving quite difficult to get, but i was able to obtain his death certificate which lists his cause of death as...
a) Cardiac Asystole, due to
b) Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, due to
c) Coronary Artery Disease
Given that this was 1985, and diagnostic procedures probably weren't what they are today, do you folks think his death fits the profile for someone with HCM? To my family's knowledge, dad never had any artery problems, nor do any of his children, including myself. The fact that i have HCM leads me to believe that he did as well, and that he may have simply been misdiagnosed.
According to my mother, dad did not have any heart problems prior to being diagnosed with an 'unexplained' cardiomyopathy. When he died, mom says he got out of bed, dropped to the floor, and never woke up again. He was in a coma for a week before he passed away. Does this mean that it was not a sudden death?
Thanks for any input you might have. This death certificate may be the only piece of hard information i ever get regarding dad's death, so it is an important link to what the future may hold for me.
Thanks again,
Jim
I'm researching my HCM family tree to help my doctors determine any risk i might have for sudden death, etc. There is no HCM on my mother's side, and my father was adopted, so his death is my only clue as to what may be in store for me. Dad was never diagnosed with HCM. His medical records are proving quite difficult to get, but i was able to obtain his death certificate which lists his cause of death as...
a) Cardiac Asystole, due to
b) Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, due to
c) Coronary Artery Disease
Given that this was 1985, and diagnostic procedures probably weren't what they are today, do you folks think his death fits the profile for someone with HCM? To my family's knowledge, dad never had any artery problems, nor do any of his children, including myself. The fact that i have HCM leads me to believe that he did as well, and that he may have simply been misdiagnosed.
According to my mother, dad did not have any heart problems prior to being diagnosed with an 'unexplained' cardiomyopathy. When he died, mom says he got out of bed, dropped to the floor, and never woke up again. He was in a coma for a week before he passed away. Does this mean that it was not a sudden death?
Thanks for any input you might have. This death certificate may be the only piece of hard information i ever get regarding dad's death, so it is an important link to what the future may hold for me.
Thanks again,
Jim
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