Returning to activity: Leander athlete survives 'widowmaker' heart attack to return to what he loves: riding, flying How can families know if their child has a heart condition?Ĭhildren should be doing their annual well-check visits along with sports physicals.

Doctors were able to fix it with surgery and Sabine was able to return to the field. After Sabine Barrett was revived on the field and taken by STAR Flight to Dell Children's, doctors found an abnormality of her left coronary artery that had caused the arrythmia and cardiac arrest. In January, an 11-year-old Austin girl collapsed on the soccer field during practice. It's not just famous athletes that this can happen to. Young athletes could have a congenital heart defect or a genetic condition that affects the health of the heart. This condition is caused by a thickening or hardening of the left ventricle walls, which make it difficult for the heart to pump enough blood during each heartbeat. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy also can cause an irregular heartbeat in young athletes. It caused his heart to go into an irregular heartbeat or an arrhythmia called ventricular fibrillation. In Hamlin's case, he suffered a blow to his chest at the exact time his heart was recycling its rhythm. 'There are so many different things that can be the cause of this,' Monteleone said.

What can cause a cardiac arrest on the field or during a workout? More: Bronny James, son of LeBron, in stable condition after cardiac arrest at USC basketball practice Peter Monteleone, an interventional cardiologist at the Institute for Cardiovascular Health, a partnership between Dell Medical School at the University of Texas' UT Health Austin and Ascension Texas.

With the fall sports season just around the corner, what should local parents of student-athletes know about their child's heart health before their kids head out to the practice field? We asked Dr. Hamlin is now back in practice and expected to play this season. This event follows the cardiac arrest in January of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during a Monday Night Football game. He had a sudden cardiac arrest and was taken to the hospital, where he is recovering.īronny James had planned to play basketball at USC in the fall. On Monday, Bronny James, the 18-year-old son of basketball star LeBron James, collapsed during a workout at the University of Southern California.

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