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Maggie Smith
Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
I. The concerns on sudden death in athletes are rising.
a. Sudden cardiac death is now more prevalent in people under the age of 25.
b. The risk is up to three times greater in competitive athletes.
c. Our medical team are failing to diagnose this condition so we need to look
into our annual physicals.
d. That is why I am proposing to have more extensive physicals.
II. This disease can be one of three things.
a. Some might have cardiomyopathies, which involves abnormality of the
heart.
b. Other patients might experience rhythm disturbances. This is the heart
beating irregularly.
c. But, the most common cause to athletic field deaths is hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy.
III. Our physicals are clearly not diagnosing this disease.
a. Doctors will check your family history, look at your vital signs and listen
to your heart and lungs.
b. Majority of the time, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will not be diagnosed
with just an annual physical.
IV. Signs and symptoms should bring red flags, but they don’t.
a. Shortness of breath and fatigue while exercise are among these signs and
symptoms for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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b. It’s evident that these signs and symptoms will alone not warn a patient to
go to a doctor.
V. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy so very hard to diagnose.
a.
The main concern is the thickening of the heart muscle. A doctor cannot
hear an enlarged heart.
b. Another problem with this disease is the weakening of the valves. Once
again a doctor cannot detect that in just a normal physical.
VI. We should include more testing of the heart during our routine physicals.
a. EKG would be able to dictate if there is an enlarged heart.
b. An echocardiogram would be the most beneficial but the most expensive.
c. Finally, an XRAY would be the cheapest procedure but does not offer as
much results as the other procedures.
VII. Treatment can be taken to help maintain your heart.
a. Medication can be taken like beta-blockers.
b. The patient can have the extra heart tissue surgically removed.
c. Pacemakers can be implanted as well as ICD to help regulate the
heartbeat.
VIII. But there are downfalls with proposing this idea.
a. Do not waste the extra money on tests.
b. If an athlete was diagnosed, they would feel like they would have to quit
their sport.
IX. We need to improve our physicals to have a mandatory heart screening.
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a. It is a growing concern and every parent should be aware of the risks their
child is taking to be in a competitive sport.
b. These exams will help stop the growing rate of sudden cardiac death in
athletes.
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