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After years of High Blood Pressure which resulted me going on medication when I was about 30. then several chest pain scares and tests. Then a mild heart attack. My GP eventually booked me in for an MRI scan, which showed I have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.At the moment It is being controlled with medication. has anyone on here had to have a implantable fibrillator fitted.

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    hi if I'm not mistaken is HCM a genetic condition that is only cause by a mutation in the Genes or through family passed on?

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