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High schools offer ECG tests for athletes
Privately funded ECG testing is screening student athletes for heart abnormalities than can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Reducing firefighters’ risk of sudden cardiac arrest: Cardiac Science for the week of Nov. 1
Monday, November 1, 2010
University of Pittsburgh researchers are testing two high-tech cooling techniques to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest among firefighters.
Continue reading...Undiagnosed heart condition causes sudden cardiac arrest: Cardiac Science for the week of Oct. 25
Monday, October 25, 2010
A 21-year-old Bradley College baseball player died of undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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