Even though young athletes are required to receive health screens to be cleared to play sports, those tests failed to detect important cardiovascular abnormalities in cleared players, and many were allowed to play despite suspicions of dangerous cardiovascular conditions, according to a large registry study of patients who died from sudden death, presented by Kevin Harris, MD, research cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF). The data was presented at the annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in San Francisco...
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