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I'm a newbie posting for the first time. I live in Northern Virginia. I work for the Federal Government as a disability and rehabilitation research manager. I was diagnosed with HCM a year ago just as I turned 60.
My diagnosis came after I nearly passed out at my son's grad school graduation; fortunately that resulted in immediate treatment at a first aid station and first rate care by an HCM specialist cardiologist at a major research hospital. After a night in a cardiac telemetry unit I had an echo-stress cardiogram resulting in ID of HCM. I currently use a beta-blocker and have been doing well keeping track of my BP and using a heart monitor for exercise.
Does anyone else use Google Alerts? I've found them to be a great source of information - including how I learned of HCMA. See below.
RPMelia
Here is an example of the alert I received today:
HEART enlargement is a common cause of sudden death in young ...
Innovations-Report - Germany
A seminar in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights the frequency,
diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an unexplained
thickening of ...
<http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-29855.html>
ONE in 500 people has 'sudden death' heart condition
Independent - London,England,UK
... The condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, causes the thickening of
the heart wall and has been blamed for the deaths of several well-known
athletes. ...
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=528012>
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I'm a newbie posting for the first time. I live in Northern Virginia. I work for the Federal Government as a disability and rehabilitation research manager. I was diagnosed with HCM a year ago just as I turned 60.
My diagnosis came after I nearly passed out at my son's grad school graduation; fortunately that resulted in immediate treatment at a first aid station and first rate care by an HCM specialist cardiologist at a major research hospital. After a night in a cardiac telemetry unit I had an echo-stress cardiogram resulting in ID of HCM. I currently use a beta-blocker and have been doing well keeping track of my BP and using a heart monitor for exercise.
Does anyone else use Google Alerts? I've found them to be a great source of information - including how I learned of HCMA. See below.
RPMelia
Here is an example of the alert I received today:
HEART enlargement is a common cause of sudden death in young ...
Innovations-Report - Germany
A seminar in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights the frequency,
diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an unexplained
thickening of ...
<http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-29855.html>
ONE in 500 people has 'sudden death' heart condition
Independent - London,England,UK
... The condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, causes the thickening of
the heart wall and has been blamed for the deaths of several well-known
athletes. ...
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=528012>
This daily-once Web Alert is brought to you by Google...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Try Google News Alerts:
http://www.google.com/newsalerts
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