Buddy is hosptalized.....

[idrivea4banger]

Update: he's having surgery today and he's getting an icd put in.

[davbrucas]

Otherwise known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The common cause of sudden cardiac death...he is lucky he didnt die as a youngster playing sports...when the HR gets high enough the outflow tract from the left ventricle (blood to rest of body) gets occluded and this causes bloodflow to the brain and coronary arteries to stop...this usually end in ventricular fibrillation and death. Oh, this is a genetic disorder and can be passed to his children.

[idrivea4banger]

Luckily he doesn't have kids. Haven't heard yet how his surgery is going.

[davbrucas]

Update: he's having surgery today and he's getting an icd put in.

It's great that they caught this prior to some deadly arrhythmia. Surgery is to remove some of the septal muscle to decrease the outflow gradient...the AICD is implanted because surgery doesnt guarantee a reduction in vulnerability to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death.

[Gtracer]

It's great that they caught this prior to some deadly arrhythmia. Surgery is to remove some of the septal muscle to decrease the outflow gradient...the AICD is implanted because surgery doesnt guarantee a reduction in vulnerability to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death.

Thats what I was thinking.....

[davbrucas]

Sorry...the muscle that separates the two ventricles (called septum) grows too large because of a genetic condition and when the left ventricle contracts to send blood to the brain, heart and rest of the body, this muscle thickening partially blocks the aortic outflow. At higher heart rates, the outflow is completely blocked. This leads to obvious problems...these people are at risk for developing electrical abnormalities that cause the heart to stop pumping as well...this also leads to obvious problems. Sometimes medications are used to try to prevent the outflow occlusion, but many patients will require surgery to cut some of the septal muscle to decrease the amount of occlusion. These patients are still at risk for electrical abnormalities so an AICD (automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator) is placed that will shock the heart directly if the person experiences one of these electrical events. Better?

[idrivea4banger]

Sorry...the muscle that separates the two ventricles (called septum) grows too large because of a genetic condition and when the left ventricle contracts to send blood to the brain, heart and rest of the body, this muscle thickening partially blocks the aortic outflow. At higher heart rates, the outflow is completely blocked. This leads to obvious problems...these people are at risk for developing electrical abnormalities that cause the heart to stop pumping as well...this also leads to obvious problems. Sometimes medications are used to try to prevent the outflow occlusion, but many patients will require surgery to cut some of the septal muscle to decrease the amount of occlusion. These patients are still at risk for electrical abnormalities so an AICD (automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator) is placed that will shock the heart directly if the person experiences one of these electrical events. Better?

Wow.....he just got out of surgery. Said the drugs are good. Lol, he's in good spirits so that's a good thing.