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DiscussionDizziness and chest pain associated with HCM
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) | Last Active: Jun 26, 2020 | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
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I saw my doctor at Cleveland Clinic (CC) last November and was told it was still HCM, go home, and come back in 6 months. After thanksgiving, I became more sypmtomatic feeling more dizziness, and was constantly light headed. After many conversations with my CC doc, I went to see him in early Feb, had a stress echo, was told it had progressed to a serious place where it became obstructive, and surgery was needed. I had a bulge blocking my aorta and when my mitral valve opened and closed, the little leaflets got stuck between the bulge and the aorta. He told me to go home and do nothing until the surgery. I had to surgery on Feb. 26. An amazing series of events. Last November, my ejection fraction was in the near normal range.
I have CHF, nearly a lifelong diagnosis. My ejection fraction ranges from 40-65, depending on some environmental factors such as diet, other diseases, etc. The CHF with preserved ejection fraction is, among other things, known as highly probably marker of Gelsolin, RyR2, and Fukutin Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. (They come together, most of the time) Helsinki and OMIM have some good articles on this.