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What to do if i have hypertropic cardiomyopathy and asthma and i smoke. how harmful is it to me?
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Very harmful: Smoking is just about the worst possible thing you could possibly do. In addition to making your asthma worse, you increase your risk of a fatal cardiac arrhythmia (which is what people with HCM die of) about 300-500%
Answered 6/14/2014
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