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European heart experts are
calling for all young athletes to be screened for potentially fatal heart
problems before they compete.
 Footballer
Marc-Vivien Foe and Daniel Yorath, son of former Wales manager Terry, both
died of previously undetected heart conditions.
The report by European
Society of Cardiology experts is published in the European Heart Journal.
But UK heart experts said
such a scheme would be extremely expensive.
The study suggested every
young athlete involved in organised sport should have a detailed health check,
which includes an analysis of their own and their family's medical history -
and an electrocardiogram (ECG) to check their heart.
They suggest that
implementing such checks across Europe could reduce sports-related cardiac
deaths in Europe by 50-70%........
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