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Sports medicine symposium in Boston studies cardiac issues in runners: nationally respected cardiologists discuss recent fatalities and risks seen in marathoners
Running & FitNews, March-April, 2008
Dr Paul Thompson, a noted cardiologist and marathoner, was joined by Drs Aaron Baggish and Mark Link to discuss the "heart and the competitive athlete". The question and answer forum touched on several interesting aspects of heart injury and death. Press reports on a road race fatality have given the impression that running has a higher risk than most endurance sports or contact sports. Dr Link'sresearch on chest wall impacts and heart injuries and deaths was an eye-opener for this layperson. He showed a video of a young teen competing in a TaeKwon Do or Karate tournament. Early in the match, a swift kick to the chest was followed by a stagger and then collapse. One kick was all it took to cause sudden death or heart stoppage.
ARA and AMAA hope to provide a synopsis of this AMAA BOSTON event and the topics covered on running and sports medicine issues.
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