LVhcm on ER show

[Laura]

Er showed an obese teenager w/hypertension and hcm.
Did anyone else catch this?
One of the Dr's mentioned finding info about HCM
on the internet.

laura

[Lisa Salberg]

YES - septal measurement was 2.1 and LV Wall was 1.7 and they were calling it primary hypertension????

AHHHH.
Lisa

[SheliRenee]

I saw this episode but since I was doing something else while watching the television, I wasn't paying close attention to it. How was it?

SheliRenee

[SharonBates]

I taped it on Thursday night so I could attend my neice's dance recital. Then I watched that episode a few days later, I think it was Saturday. I was excited to see the piece about HCM, but disturbed that they sent the young 17 year old male home with a misdiagnosis. At the end of the show he came back in the ER in Congestive Heart Failure (CF). At least he didn't die on the show...it was tough enough to watch with the death of the unborn infant in that episode. Can't shed enough tears for the loss of a child no matter how old.

Great to see more exposure of HCM on national TV shows. I hope that with more education and awareness people will start recognizing our need for more help.

Lisa is right, we need more ways to support the many many families that are currently a part of HCMA'S growing support system. Be creative and someday we will be on the Oprah Show!

See you all soon at the HCMA Annual meeting and/or in San Francisco!
Sharon