Sporting 'heart screening' call - BBC Health News 3rd July 2008

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Screening sportsmen for signs of hidden heart conditions could save lives, a study has concluded. Each year in the UK, hundreds of apparently fit people suffer 'sudden cardiac death'. In Italy, athletes have to undergo ECG tests, and scientists writing in the British Medical Journal said this had detected heart problems.

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