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HCM-ers: Introduce yourself or just say hi

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@walkinggirl

Glad that you also recommended blood relatives have an Echocardiogram. One in every 500 have HCM and if you have HCM or HOCM there is a 50/50 chance that your family members will get it as well. There are 6 brothers and sisters in my family and two of us have HCM/HOCM. My Daughter also has been tested and fortunately she was good but needs to test every 5 years.
Take Care
Jim

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Linda, Volunteer Mentor | @walkinggirl | Mar 9 10:02am

@jachrist Jim, I recently read that the incidence of HCM is one in every 250! Imagine! Better diagnosis techniques? More awareness and testing? Other than the fact that my gene is as yet undiscovered and my son and grandson get echoes, no one else in my extended family (children and grandchildren and - yikes - great grandchildren of my dad's siblings), seem to have HCM. Yes, all have been informed.

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