In 2009, Bolli was ready to launch the SCIPIO trial (Cardiac Stem Cells in Patients with Cardiomyopathy).
Admitted to the hospital, he was found to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or thickening of the muscles in the heart.
Qualified doctors and technical staff from Cry use the screenings to detect any possible symptoms of hypertonic and dilated cardiomyopathy.
BBC: Manx heart charity frustrated as free screenings missed
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart-related abnormality, is the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes at sporting events.
Dr. Frank Stegall, a cardiologist at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, told Gonzalez he had a chronically weak heart, or dilated cardiomyopathy.
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The teenager, who had just signed schoolboy forms with Yorath's former club Leeds United, had an undiagnosed heart condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Dr. Green is heading a new clinical trial involving 200 people, half of whom have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a family history of the disorder.
The original transplant operation took place because Hannah had cardiomyopathy, which made her heart double in size and risk giving out within a year.
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Sally's cardiomyopathy was thought to be caused by a viral infection, but in the majority of cases, doctors have little idea of what has caused it.
Mrs Lunt, 55, was unaware her son had been suffering from an undiagnosed heart defect which can cause hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy and lead to sudden death syndrome.
BBC: Manx heart charity frustrated as free screenings missed
Over the next five days, she remained in a medically induced coma, she told CNN, and doctors diagnosed her with a heart defect she didn't know she had -- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Among them are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - a hereditary condition in which there is excessive thickening in the heart muscle, myocarditis, which leads to inflammation of the heart muscle and coronary artery disease.
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