Gloria's happiness: the dilated cardiomyopathy gene was not passed on to her children
Gloria's happiness: the dilated cardiomyopathy gene was not transmitted to Laura D'Ettole's children It was a late afternoon in January 2021 when Gloria Capecchi receives a message on her mobile phone that leaves her incredulous with happiness. Her words did not come out, she could not say it to the [...]
Covid comes when you least expect it
The testimony of Dino, 45 years old and has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who successfully underwent myectomy over 10 years ago. Finally recovered from Covid, he can't wait to enjoy spring on a bicycle.
The secret of Giulia, mother after the transplant
Dealing with pregnancy with its heart disease? No, look forget it. Instead, Chiara was born a year ago. Healthy and full of life.
The story of Marco A
About 10 years ago I regularly practiced sports (triathlon) and all the sports doctor visits that I had performed until then had always given me positive feedback, with the issue of the certificate of fitness for competitive activity.
The cardiologist and his two hearts
My hypertrophic cardiomyopathy seen from both sides of the fence My story begins at the age of 12 on the occasion of a cardiological examination performed to be able to start tennis at a competitive level. On that visit I found a right bundle branch block and a systolic murmur. The cardiologist, Dr. [...]
The story of Alessandro
My story begins with an ending…. April 1989… I was 16 when my mother passed away at the age of 39 for Dilated Cardiomyopathy, of which, at that time, I had only a minimal knowledge. In any case, inexorable, the pain "becomes aware" with the time that [...]
Barbara's story
That day it was scorchingly hot, I had been with my classmates to see a football match but then within those 30 minutes we had to go back to class so I was in quite a hurry ... all of a sudden I was out of breath .. . I just remember that I saw everything out of focus, I said [...]
The history of EDO
I am a former amateur runner; I did a lot of Sunday races and some a bit longer, even running several marathons. The adventure with my heart began in 2009, when at a visit for sports fitness, the doctor found me of arrhythmias in the recovery phase, he released me the suitability but [...]
The story of a family
For our family it all began a few years ago when the mandatory electrocardiogram was introduced for children to be able to carry out even non-competitive sports activities. We didn't know then that something was going to start that we and our children would have to learn to live with. The electrocardiogram of the youngest daughter, [...]
Fabrizio's story
My name is Fabrizio and I am 66 years old, I was born and live in Tuscany. I have lived with a non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (CMI) since birth. My clinical history begins at the age of 18 with the intuition of a cardiologist from the hospital in my country, who takes me to the hospital in Siena to [...]