| HIGH SCHOOLS: Heart test aids son of coach |
Parkview coach Cecil Flowe thought making heart scans available to his football players was a smart thing to do when he arranged for a portable heart-scan machine to come to the Panthers' photo day last Saturday. ... 
|
| Autopsy reveals no drugs or chemicals in late Hawks center's system |
Hawks center Jason Collier died last month of sudden cardiac rhythm disturbance caused by an enlarged heart, the state's chief medical examiner said Tuesday.
An autopsy showed that "his heart was definitely enlarged and ...
|
| Heart attacks in young a mystery |
Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier was already dead when the ambulance pulled into the emergency area at Northside Hospital Forsyth early Saturday; a 28-year-old victim of a mysterious heart attack that struck in the middle of the night.
Forsyth Cou...
|
| Coroner says Herrion died of heart disease |
DENVER (AP) - San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Thomas Herrion had heart disease and evidence of previous heart trouble when he collapsed and died after a preseason game last month, an official in the Denver County coroner's office said Tuesday.
The coroner's findings confirmed the beliefs of...
|
| Conditioning deaths mystify when they should horrify |
HOUSTON -- It's OK to panic.
There's an epidemic out there that has no name. It's killing our children, and no one seems to know exactly why. It seems now that at least once a year, a football player dies somewhere during an offseason conditioning drill. High school, college, even pro. Different r...
|
| Central players, coaches grieve over freshman football hopeful's death |
The walls in the weight room at Central Gwinnett High School are almost fluorescent yellow. The room, decorated with the Black Knights' accent color, is bright with promise, purpose and enthusiasm.
How tragedy can occur in a place like that, at a time like this, is just part of what makes Monday'...
|
| Eastern Connecticut player died of natural heart condition |
BOSTON -- Eastern Connecticut guard Antwoine Key, who died after collapsing on the court during a game in January, had a fatal heart condition, the state Office of Public Safety said Friday.
The 22-year-old Key collapsed during the opening minutes against Worcester State on Jan. 20.
An autopsy...
|
| Cardiomyopathy |
What is cardiomyopathy?
Cardiomyopathy is a serious disease in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and doesn't work as well as it should. There may be multiple causes including viral infections.
Cardiomyopathy can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary cardiomyopathy can't be at...
|
| Movement growing in effort to save kids' lives |
Tom Vardase does not have any kids, but he has a heart, and learning of the death two years ago of Cedar Grove cross country runner Shai Owens touched his emotional core. Then, a discussion with his cardiologist spurred Vardase to do something.
Tom Vardase does not have any kids, but he has unoff...
|
| Badgers lose '03 leading rusher to heart disorder |
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin running back Dwayne Smith will not play for the Badgers again because of a recently discovered heart disorder.
The team announced Thursday that Smith, has a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- characterized by an enlargement of the heart and a thickening of t...
|
| Study may help spot heart problem in teen athletes |
New findings on the typical teen athlete's heart may help doctors weed out those few with a potentially fatal heart condition, according to researchers.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a relatively uncommon disorder in which the heart muscle becomes enlarged and interferes with normal cardiac func...
|
| Heart condition forces N. Illinois tailback to quit |
DEKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois tailback Thomas Hammock won't play football again after doctors found an enlarged muscle mass near the left side of his heart.
"It is in my best interests not to play football anymore," Hammock said Monday. "This is a long-term situation versus a short-term situati...
|
| High School Physicals May Overlook Defects |
CLEVELAND -- The strain some high school athletes put on their hearts can be fatal if they have a serious heart defect.
But almost no high school in the country does a physical that could detect a fatal condition, reported NewsChannel5 in Cleveland.
Shai Owens had just finished a 3-mile cross-co...
|
