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Originally Posted by stanleychief
I'm certainly no doctor, but I think it's a bit different here. It sounds like Damar suffered Commotio cordis, which results in cardiac arrest, and not a heart attack. Those two are actually very different in nature. Heart attacks are brought on by circulatory issues that have worsened over time. Cardiac arrest in an electrical signaling issue and develops suddenly.
Heart Attack and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Differences
I've known people that have had heart attacks, had a bypass and yet still didn't change their eating/exercise habits. That is probably responsible for at least part of that 1:5 ratio you speak of. |
I hope that is what it is and not a pre-existing/genetic thing that Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis had. I assume that they run tests for those type of issues now for athletes, so I would think this is likely what happened.