Findings convince them children throughout the state should
be screened
In the U.S. there is a debate about whether young athletes
should undergo mandatory screening before playing sports. But now, some doctors
in Texas have come to believe that all children, athletes or not, should be
screened.
Brandon Williams was only 13 years old when he suffered a
fatal heart attack. Austin Sergeev was even younger - only 11 - when his heart
stopped beating. Children as young as eight have experienced sudden cardiac
arrest. In Italy, young athletes have a thorough medical exam that includes an
electrocardiogram.
The program has reduced the number of incidents of sudden
cardiac arrest, or heart attack, in these athletes.
