Faces of HCM

Marlin is a 35-year-old mother of two who currently lives in Florida with her husband, Edgar.

I have been having troubling heart symptoms since I was in my 50s, and I didn’t have the physical ability others did in high…

Maya had always led an active lifestyle, enjoying yoga, roller skating, and working out regularly. In 2005, when Maya was 30, she started experiencing…

I first noticed symptoms of severe fatigue and palpitations in 2007 when I was around 21 years old. No matter how much sleep I…

Michael has a strong family history of HCM. His father was diagnosed with it, his paternal aunt had HCM (and went on to have…

Michael was diagnosed with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) in 2019.

Can you imagine waking up in a hospital in Connecticut after being unconscious for three days and being told you had suffered two episodes…

My HCM journey began on January 4, 2014 but my diagnosis of HCM took 2 more years. I was getting ready to head to…

I was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at age 28 because my doctor heard a heart murmur. Not long after that, I became pregnant…

Priscilla is a retired preschool teacher who is married and living in New York. Priscilla has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which made taking a shower,…

During his life, Raimone was seemingly healthy. He was a runner, worked out regularly, played tennis, and had even been in and graduated from…

Rosemary had been a cardiac nurse years before her own diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), yet she had never even heard of the condition…

I was asymptomatic. I only got tested because my dad had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and I knew it could be passed down.

Sam recalls being diagnosed at age 13 with non-obstructed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) when he failed his physical to play junior high sports. Pre-diagnosis, he…

Samuel’s wife, Doris, shares his story to impress the importance of seeking care at an HCMA-recognized Center of Excellence Program

I am a husband, father of two, and a two-time Emmy nominated non-fiction television producer, and filmmaker. I was first diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…

In loving memory of Sharon Safran

When he was young, Thomas was a strong athlete, running track and playing football. At 25, he was diagnosed with a heart murmur, but…

I live in the DC area, in Alexandria, Virginia with my husband and my 9-year-old daughter. I learned that I have HCM three years…

Vi was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Vietnam at the age of 15. He was at a routine doctor’s appointment when his doctor heard…

Victoria was diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) at 16. She was asymptomatic at the time of her diagnosis.

My name is Victoria Karl and I live in St. Louis, Missouri. In August 2017 I was diagnosed with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, this is…

The HCMA is offering a preamble to the memorial of Will Massey – it is our hope that his story will save lives. Preamble:…

I first discovered that I had a heart problem in the late 1980s. This was a few years after I had stopped training and…