TxTarpon said:
I recall some basketball players:
Jason Collier
Conrad McRae
Reggie Lewis
Pete Maravich
In 1971 the NFL lost Chuck Hughes from a heart attack on the field.
They put an oxygen mask on him and transported him off the field and kept playing.
There is something called "Athlete's Heart"
Think about it.
Pheidippides supposedly uttered "NIKE", then collapsed and died after the battle of Marathon.
Those 26 miles did him in.
Athlete's heart?
From what I understand, the term
athlete's heart refers to a heart that is somewhat enlarged because of the exercise and is not a dangerous issue and does not lead to cardiac issues. However, for someone who was sedentary, the same signs would be of strong concern.
Some years ago, I started going to a doctor who had previously been the team doctor for an international US boxing team. At the time, I rode bicycles about 3,000 to 5,000 miles per year.
One day at his office, he did an EKG on me and the interpretation from the machine was that my heart was "abnormal". I found that to be a bit alarming and asked about it. He said that the EKG machine didn't know how much I rode the bicycle. That "abnormal" persisted for some years, but now, about 40 years later, the EKG's say it is"normal".