. My uncle has had those symptoms for about 20 years. About a year and a half ago, his heart had declined to the point where he needed a heart transplant. Right in the middle of that process, his 18-year-old son started to experience extreme cardiac arrhythmias too. He had to have a defibrillator implanted to protect him when he experiences those dangerous heart rhythms.
In August of 2019, I met with a genetic cardiologist. When my test results came back, I was positive for the mutation, but my heart structure looked fine on the echocardiogram . I showed no signs of dilation in my ventricle. The final step was to look closer at my heart’s rhythm. I wore a 24-hour Holter monitor to track my heart's rhythm. I turned it back in to my doctor on a Friday and heard nothing back the next week. I figured my heart was fine.On Sunday, Oct.
I was very lucky. Thank goodness there were three tennis pros close by and they were all trained in CPR. They sprang into action. Two of them performed CPR compressions. One grabbed a golf pro, who performed rescue breathing on me. My doctors thought there was only a slight chance I'd survive. The next 4 days were really touch and go, but ultimately I did wake up.
Thank you, this has reminded me to refresh my CPR training.
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