| Only 1 out of 200,000 athletes per academic year | | | | previously by routine medical examination. |
| had sudden cardiac death. This finding was revealed | | | | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle |
| by a study conducted in the United States among | | | | disorder, can be one of the many reasons that cause |
| high school and college athletes. | | | | an athlete to die during sports. This arises from a |
| Sportsmen, especially those renowned in their | | | | gene defect that causes the heart muscle to |
| respective fields will certainly attract media attention | | | | become too thick. This condition can be suspected if |
| and will create doubts to some people: if these | | | | an electrocardiogram could have been done with the |
| super-fit individuals can die suddenly, is there any | | | | results confirmed by an electrocardiogram. |
| point in exercising? Nevertheless, exercising should | | | | Unfortunately, these tests are not scheduled for |
| not be taken as the real cause of the death of these | | | | many of the young people, especially when they do |
| athletes. Rather, they died because they had some | | | | not have sign of heart disease. |
| underlying heart problem that had not been detected | | | | |