July 11th, 2026

Echo Results Looking Good

A middle-aged man with dark hair and glasses sits at a wooden desk in a warmly lit room, looking thoughtfully at a paper he holds with both hands. The paper features a red heart with a white heartbeat line and a green upward trending graph. He wears a blue button-up shirt. On the desk in front of him is an open notebook with handwritten notes and a black pen resting on it. To his right is a tall glass of iced tea with a lime wedge on the rim. To his left, a small potted plant and a framed sign read "Grateful Stronger Moving Forward" with a small red heart at the bottom. Behind him on the wall is a framed picture of a red heart with a heartbeat line and the words "Progress Patience Purpose." A laptop on a side table displays a similar graph. Books titled "The Healing Heart" and "A Path to Wellness" are stacked near the window, through which sunlight filters, casting a warm glow. The overall atmosphere is calm and reflective.

A man reflects with quiet satisfaction as he reviews positive echo results, surrounded by reminders of gratitude, strength, and progress in a warm, sunlit room.

I wanted to share a long-overdue health update about what has happened this year and why I can finally talk about it. I recently had my second Camzyos cardiology echo and doctor’s visit of the year. I normally go every six months, and this visit gave me my best numbers yet.

On Camzyos, my obstruction is much better controlled. My echo looked fantastic, so I included a table below comparing my results before and after starting Camzyos.

When I first started Camzyos, I was not getting my refills consistently because of REMS requirements and the timing of my echoes and doctor’s visits. This created gaps in treatment. Once my refills became consistent and those delays stopped, the treatment began working much better.

Time point	Camzyos status	Ejection fraction	LVOT gradient at rest	LVOT gradient with Valsalva / provocation	Mitral valve / SAM notes	What changed
Apr. 2021	Before Camzyos	65-70%	90 mmHg	94 mmHg	Systolic anterior motion (SAM); mild-to-moderate mitral regurgitation	Historical severe obstruction
Aug. 2024	Before Camzyos	60-65%	27 mmHg	51 mmHg	SAM; moderate mitral regurgitation	Still obstructive, though less severe than 2021
May 2025	Before starting Camzyos protocol	50-55%	65 mmHg	100 mmHg	SAM; mild mitral regurgitation	Strong pre-treatment baseline: significant obstruction
Jul. 2025	Early Camzyos follow-up	60-65%	Not listed in summary	57 mmHg	Trace mitral regurgitation	Early improvement from the May 2025 provoked gradient
Aug.-Nov. 2025	On Camzyos, still being adjusted/monitored	60-65% where listed	Varied; one report listed 39 mmHg	Varied, including 84-145 mmHg in follow-up echoes	Mitral regurgitation generally mild or not significant in these reports	Improvement was not a perfectly straight line
Jan. 2026	On Camzyos	60-65%	10 mmHg	24 mmHg	No major valve issue highlighted in the summary	Obstruction was much lower than the May 2025 baseline
Jun. 2026	On Camzyos, latest echo	55-60%	3 mmHg	8 mmHg	Mild SAM noted, but “no outflow obstruction”; mild mitral regurgitation	Best documented result in this set: very low gradients

So yes, I am in a much better place. My heart is working with far less obstruction than it has in years. Between Camzyos and taking Metoprolol ER 200 mg twice daily, I am cautiously optimistic that I can remain on this path.

These results do not mean that my hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is gone, but they do show that the treatment is doing what it is supposed to do. After years of seeing much higher numbers, I am grateful to finally be able to share some genuinely encouraging news.

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