UT Southwestern Medical Center heart specialists will study whether electrocardiograms (ECGs) are useful in identifying Texas high school student athletes who are at risk of suffering sudden cardiac death.
Student athletes and band members from two North Texas high schools who volunteer to participate will be randomly assigned to receive either the typical pre-sports physicals or one that includes ECGs tests. Approximately 8 million students play high school sports and one study estimated that 66 athletes ages 13 to 25 die from sudden cardiac arrest each year, according to the American Heart Association.
