Latest Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening Stories

CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportlink, Inc., a company dedicated to offering affordable heart screenings to student athletes throughout the nation in an effort to combat Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Heart Care Centers of Illinois. The partnership allows for Sportlink to offer the Cardiac Life Screen--an echocardiogram and EKG specifically tailored to athletes between the ages of 12-22--in Heart Care...

A Beaumont Health System program launched in 2007 to screen high school students for sudden cardiac death risk has proven to be a low-cost, effective, accessible and sustainable method of identifying heart conditions. Royal Oak, Michigan (PRWEB) November 16, 2011 Beaumont Health System research featured at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando A Beaumont Health System program launched in 2007 to screen high school students for sudden cardiac death risk has proven to be...

American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Joint Guideline Most of the 600,000 Americans with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) -- a genetic heart muscle disease -- can live normal life spans, according to the first science-based guideline for diagnosing and treating this disorder. The joint recommendations of the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association are published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart...

According to new study in the American Journal of MedicineSudden cardiac death in young athletes who had not previously exhibited symptoms is a relatively rare yet tragic event. This occurs in around 60-80 young athletes annually in the United States. In the June 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers collected electrocardiograms and echocardiograms of 964 athletes at a single university and found that distinct ECG abnormalities were present in 10% and were more common in...

A new study states that one in 44,000 athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association has sudden cardiac death each year, higher than many estimates for young athletes in other areas, reports The Associated Press (AP). The findings, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, come on the heels of the death of a Michigan teenage basketball player who last month collapsed minutes after a game-winning shot, and could influence health screening guidelines for...

Study Highlights: -- About one in 44,000 college athletes each year suffers sudden cardiac death -- more than previous estimates -- New calculations of young athletes' risk might influence guidelines for health screenings DALLAS, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About one in 44,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes has sudden cardiac death each year, according to a new study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. (Logo:...

Sudden Heart Attacks is the leading cause of medical fatalities to student athletes however, most communities are ill equipped to handle a cardiac crisis Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 26, 2011 Sports For Life, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides sports camps for youth has decided to take a stand against the fatalities of athletes due to sudden heart attacks. Alexis Levi, Executive Director of Alexis Levi Sports Executive, Owner/GM of the Las Vegas Stars Professional Men's...

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study shows feasibility of ECG screening for risk of sudden cardiac arrestA pilot study in healthy children and adolescents shows that it is feasible to screen for undiagnosed heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Adding a 10-minute electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) to a history and physical examination identified unsuspected cases of potentially serious heart conditions.Although more research is needed, the preliminary...

Head to head: Can electrocardiographic screening prevent sudden death in athletes?Should athletes have to undergo mandatory electrocardiographic screening (also known as ECG or heart trace) before competing? Doctors debate the issue in this week's BMJ.Antonio Pelliccia and Domenico Corrado argue that screening athletes for "silent" heart problems would save lives. They say the best evidence of the efficacy of ECG screening on mortality in athletes comes from Italy, the only country...

An abrupt, fatal heart attack in a young athlete on the playing field is a tragedy destined to repeat itself over and over until more is understood about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of sudden death in young people but which affects people of all ages. So says a task force of cardiologists and cardiac biologists, headed by Thomas L. Force, M.D., James C. Wilson Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, in the September 14th...