MG wrote:
>
> "Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:03:33 -0000, Myrl Jeffcoat
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Nov 3, 11:56 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> >>> I never liked running. It wasn't too bad to make short dashes while
> >> >>> playing kids games, or baseball and football, but I never understood
> >> >>> jogging and competitive running.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It was bad enough to hear about people screwing up their shins and
> >> >>> their knees from running, or those older joggers who drop dead of
> >> >>> heart attacks while out running for fitness. This morning 28 year
> >> >>> old Ryan Shay died 5 1/2 miles into a 26.2 mile qualifying race for
> >> >>> the Beijing Olympics.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I just saw that on the news. . .Unbelievable! I'm into fitness, but
> >> >> I'm not a runner. Instead I swim a couple of miles, 4 - 5 times a
> >> >> week. Much easier on the joints and knees.
> >> >>
> >> >> It will be interesting to see what caused this 28 year old top notch
> >> >> runner to die, 5 1/2 miles into the race.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> > The most common in cause in cases such as this is congenital heart
> >> > defect, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or a cardiac electrical
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > Boron.
> >>
> >> I agree, this is sad. But shouldn't people who plan to compete in
> >> Olympic
> >> (or heck, any professional) events be thoroughly examined by a physician
> >> first?
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > Have had any number of 'thorough' exams when I was doing competitive
> > swimming. But *none* of them included an ECG. If someone's insurance
> > won't pay, it doesn't happen.
>
> with some types of heart conduction (electrical) problems, you won't see any
> changes on an ECG unless the problem is actually happening at that time
>
> so if he's asymptomatic at the time of testing, then he's "normal and
> healthy"

That of course is true. We had a man die (heart attack) on our campus
just minutes after he apparently had been tested by his cardiologist in
the University hospital across the street.