What type of cardiomyopathy do I have?

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cardiac cath. revealed non obstructive CAD. moderate CAD, mild to moderate cardiomyopathy, EF35-40%, chronic a-fib with very low ventricular response, VVIR pacemaker installed , Synthroid75mcg, Lanoxin 0.25mg daily and 0.375 mon, Wed, Fri, Enalapril2.5 mg twice daily, Atenolol 12.5mg twice daily and Coumadin 5mg daily and 7.5 on Sundays. echocardiogram dimensions Aortic root 37mm, aortic valve opening19mm, left atrium 44mm, LV end diastolic dimention 48mm, end systolic dimension 31mm, Septal thickness 9mm, posterior wall thickness 10mm. The overall impressio was normal left ventricular size, function,regional wall motion, the ejection fraction lower limits of normal, approx 55%, left atrium is mildly dilated,the aortic root, right heart chamber are not dilated, aortic sclerosis with no stenosis in any of the four valves seen, there is moderate 2+mitral insufficiency, there is moderate 2+ tricuspid insufficiency, mild to moderate1-2+ pulmonic insufficiency. My present Cardiologist says I have Primary Cardiomyopathy. Heavy drinker for thirty years and would tend to believe that my condition could more properly be discribed as  Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. I also remember the surgeon who performed the heart cath commenting on an enlarged septum! Is a reading of Septal thickness 9mm considered enlarged? and if so would my condition be better described as hypertrophic. I am very confused. Please help. Thank You~~~~Mark

[Sam R]

Why don't you and wilson exchange addresses?  You can e-mail each other on the meaning of life or what 'is' is.  This forum was never intended for your political-religious-philosophical  ramblings.  However, medhelp does offer a mental health forum.  You and wilson should get your Prozac  prescriptions refilled and visit that forum.  I think you will be very happy  with the  like-minded squirrels there.  Just the facts, ma'am.

[pikamom]

I wish there was someone who could delete or lock posts like these as they don't belong on this forum.

[Ianna]

Hello Cat,

Try searching through the Forum's Archives to look for an answer to your problem with thousands of PVCs a day.(nasty things!)
Like Terrence says, there are a lot of people with the same problem there, and maybe you'll find what you are looking for.

Good luck! ***IANNA***

[Ianna]

Oh Wilson, don't provoke me!
You are an intelligent man.
I am NOT talking about 'a' god or 'a' believe-system.
You know what I mean!  

***IANNA***

[cat1]

Ok Ok just tell me if any of you have suffered with thousands not your measly one or two or 100 or 200 but thousands? cat1

[Terrence]

Yes, heaven forbid you should actually get an answer to your question here with all this going on. I am of the measly 100-200 per day persuasion, but I do know of people who have thousands a day and are not considered to be at risk. I know a man who has approx 10,000 per day and lives his life normally and even exercises every day. I hope you get a first hand answer to your question.