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Ultrasound Tests
Help Prevent Heart
Disease And Stroke
No One Is Immune In 19% the New England Journal of Medicine published a study of sudden deaths in young people, including 49 competitive athletes, to determine if screening before participation helps prevent death from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition of unknown cause characterized by an abnormal heart muscle. The study concluded that identification of affected athletes might help prevent sudden death. Although athletes are in better shape than most of us they are not immune to the threat of heart disease and sudden death. In another article published in the July 2000 issue of the journal New Scientist, it was determined that most cases with abnormalities were prevalent in athletes taking part in endurance events such as running and cycling. Also that when ECGs were compared to echocardiograms (echoes), echoes showed cardio' vascular abnormalities that would not have been spotted using ECG alone. What Is, An Echocardiogram? An echocardiogram (echo) is a noninvasive ultrasound test used to evaluate heart functions. Echocardiograms can measure the performance of the heart valves, help diagnose abnormalities in the heart, check heart chamber size, wall motion, and structural changes in and around
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