Screening can save lives

The most common causes include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a thickened heart muscle), coronary artery anomalies (a heart artery arising from the wrong location), right ventricular dysplasia (a weakening of the heart muscle), aortic stenosis (a thickened, malfunctioning heart valve), rupture of the...

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Published inAsbury Park Press
Main Author Georgeson, Steven
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Asbury Park, N.J Gannett Co., Inc 02.03.2010
Subjects
Athletes
Cardiovascular disease
Deaths
Defibrillators
Heart attacks
High school basketball
High school football
Older people
Young adults
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Summary:The most common causes include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a thickened heart muscle), coronary artery anomalies (a heart artery arising from the wrong location), right ventricular dysplasia (a weakening of the heart muscle), aortic stenosis (a thickened, malfunctioning heart valve), rupture of the aorta (the main artery from the heart) and diseases of the heart's electrical system. A gradual process Coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, is due to atherosclerosis or buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries.