Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association and a draft law to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in children and adolescents

Last year, a meeting between Salberg a chance to Lisa, Founder and Executive Director of the Association of cardiac hypertrophic (HCMA), and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., (Dem., NJ) a key role in the drafting of heart health education and awareness, risk assessment, and training in schools (hearts) , introduced a bill to Congress today a balloon.Call the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest is one of the main pillars of the HCMA, and national resources for patients with cardiac hypertrophic (HCM), and the most common genetic disease of the heart. HCM, which results in a thickening of the heart muscle is the main cause of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in children and young adults.Hearts of the Act states SCA awareness in schools and child care centers and requires preventive measures best to save the lives of young people. It requires the Minister of Health and Human Services to coordinate with the Centers for Disease Control and patient advocacy and health organizations and professional development and distribution of materials for Supply Commodities Authority. It also requires guidelines on the development of defibrillators automated external saving lives in schools and information on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.In the United States there are 600,000 people with HCM, and there are nearly a million of other genetic diseases that can cause in the form of goods ration of young people. With a better knowledge of the warning signs and symptoms of heart disease in young people, can save thousands of lives every year."Most people find their way to me and the HCMA too late to save the life of a family member," said Salberg. "Most tragically when I pity the parents who lost children and adolescents healthy.""Pleased HCMA that have been submitted to the law of Hearts to help ensure that families have the opportunity to get treatment for HCM and other causes of the commodities in the young, and if we save one person from suffering cardiac arrest and its aftermath, this legislation pays for itself within a year."On hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA)Founded in 1996 by Lisa Salberg, and HCMA is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that provides comprehensive information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a hereditary disease that causes thickening of the heart muscle. And HCMA provides support and advocacy for patients with HCM and their families and medical providers to help prevent premature death and to enhance understanding of the world about this crippling disease