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New & Improved DCMF Website Navigation – Easier to Find What You Need

The DCM Foundation website has been reorganized to provide you with faster and easier access to the information you need. This website provides the most current information and resources available to DCM patients and their families. The redesigned homepage gives you links to access important information about DCM including Symptoms, Stages, Arrhythmias, Causes, and Genetics

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Global Heart Hub’s New “Empower” Webinar Series

The Global Heart Hub has launched a new webinar series called “Empower.” These quarterly webinars are co-hosted with patient organizations within the GHH affiliate community. The goals of this series are two-fold: 1.) To support the shared commitment to reaching and empowering the global patient community and creating a collective voice. 2.) To focus on

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Pneumonia Vaccination Guidelines for Cardiomyopathy Patients

Adults 19 through 64 Years Old The CDC recommends pneumococcal vaccination for adults 19 through 64 years old who have certain chronic medical conditions or other risk factors, including: Chronic heart disease, congestive heart failure, and cardiomyopathies Ask your doctor if getting a pneumonia vaccine is right for you. To read the full CDC guidelines

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Heart Failure Awareness Week

This week is Heart Failure Awareness Week. This campaign aims to raise awareness of heart failure and highlight what it is like to live with heart failure. The DCM Foundation is proud to support this campaign, led by the Heart Failure Patient Council* of the Global Heart Hub. Heart failure is a serious chronic condition,

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Prioritizing Your Heart Health

Don’t miss this excellent panel discussion recording about the important topic of prioritizing your heart health. This discussion focuses on how to detect and communicate new or changing symptoms of cardiovascular conditions. Now, more than ever, it is important to seek timely medical help when experiencing a change in symptoms. Discussion panel members include: Dr. Sarah

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Woman Vows to “Live Her Best Life” After DCM & Heart Transplant

A 19-year-old mother from Allerton, England was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy and fell very ill when she was pregnant, forcing an early birth via c-section. She received a heart transplant and initially faced complications that kept her in the hospital, but she eventually recovered. Her resolution now is to “live her best life”. Read her whole

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Understanding the Relationship Between Central Sleep Apnea and DCM

A recent article published by Respicardia highlights the relationship between central sleep apnea and heart health. As the article states: “Sleep apnea is very common in patients with heart problems. In fact, it affects up to half of patients with heart failure and/or atrial fibrillation.1,2 Sleep apnea may worsen some of the symptoms that cardiologists hear

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