sudden cardiac death in athletes

David Epstein has a nice piece.

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You have probably read by now that Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during a game on January 2. I was delighted to read, a few days later, that he was awake and recovering.

I don’t know what caused Hamlin’s cardiac arrest, and don’t intend to delve into particulars of his case. But I became a science writer specifically in order to write about sudden cardiac death in athletes — it was my journalistic raison d'être for years — and I think it’s worth sharing a lesson or two from my past reporting, and perhaps a tip on what all of us can do to save some lives.

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