Analysis Of Following The Trail Of Broken Hearts By David Epstein

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The article Following The Trail of Broken Hearts by David Epstein from Sports Illustrated, was about Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the affects it has on adolescents and teens, especially student athletes. DeCarlo Polk, one of the 6,000 people who die from HCM a year, died while playing a one-on-one game of basketball due to strain on his heart. Hearts of people with HCM have thickened left ventricles, causing the heart to beat a lethal cadence. Increasing the knowledge of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy could save thousands of lives per year. Although HCM is the most common cause of sudden death in the general public, it is not well known. This is partially because in the U.S., we do not have enough doctors to evaluate results from an ECG, which

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