Oh no, it's happened again! So sorry for everyone involved, esp the family.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17553284
This time, unlike the teen basketball player last week, the condition was apparently known and he had had surgery for the congenital defect at age 8.
One question is that of playing violent contact sports with this kind of heart history.
Another is what to do about detection and prevention.
Another is whether insurance will help cover complete heart workups for young people assumed to be perfectly healthy but who are perhaps ticking time bombs.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17553284
This time, unlike the teen basketball player last week, the condition was apparently known and he had had surgery for the congenital defect at age 8.
One question is that of playing violent contact sports with this kind of heart history.
Another is what to do about detection and prevention.
Another is whether insurance will help cover complete heart workups for young people assumed to be perfectly healthy but who are perhaps ticking time bombs.