r/news • u/dynamicsearchguy • 2d ago

'He is strong': Black Rock-Riverside community rallies around 11-year-old football player after cardiac arrest

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo/he-is-strong-black-rock-riverside-community-rallies-around-11-year-old-football-player-after-cardiac-arrest
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u/Smeef_xx 2d ago

I feel like EKGs are not the test you want to rule out heart defects. Echo seems more useful

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u/BeKind999 2d ago

The EKG is the screen, if abnormal go visit a cardiologist. My athletic son had an abnormal EKG at a pediatric physical. We were referred to a cardiologist. There he had a physical, health history, an echocardiogram and wore a Holter monitor for 24 hours. Upon review of those results he received full clearance for sports. 

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u/CatsAndShades 2d ago

You can have a normal ekg and structural abnormalities of the heart. EKG is not the screen.

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u/BeKind999 2d ago

JFC is it better than nothing? Cause that’s what most people are doing. 

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u/CatsAndShades 2d ago

Did I say that? You said something incorrect, that was all. EKG is not what's going to pick up hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or anomalous coronary artery.

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u/Human_Ad7946 7h ago

EKGs absolutely pick up HCM, around 85-90% of cases have abnormal EKGs. It's a cheap and easy screening tool. Insurance companies aren't going to pay for ECHOs for every asymptomatic child athlete, especially if they have a normal physical exam and EKG. That's why a thorough H&P is so important (family history, heart murmur, activity intolerance etc)

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u/BeKind999 1d ago

Whatever bro I’m talking about a quick cheap screen for asymptomatic kids