A Leeds man lost his dad due to a dilated heart and is now living with the fear of the same condition hitting him.
Morley resident Matthew Springthorpe is "impacted every day" after the loss of dad Martin who had a life-threatening heart disease. Martin had dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and died after collapsing in his garden.
The condition makes the muscle walls of the heart become stretched and thin, resulting in the heart not being able to pump blood around the body properly. Matthew, 32, discovered in 2013 that he had inherited the life-threatening disease.
