For the Safety of Your Children

Once in a while we hear about a young healthy person dying on the playground. If you have a young budding star in the family, I am sure you have wondered how to assure the safety of your children engaged in competitive sports. Some of the common causes of sudden cardiac death in young healthy persons are long QT syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and some other uncommon heart abnormalities. Quite a few of these problems can be diagnosed by two simple tests called EKG and echocardiogram. Countries like Japan mandate EKG for school going children of certain ages.
NBA recently became the first league to begin standardized cardiac screening
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