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Article: Heartfelt advice.(causes and risk factors of heart disease)
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- Dance Magazine
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- July 1, 1996
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Cardiovascular disease accounts for forty-two percent of the nation's deaths. Particularly tragic and frightening have been recent reports in media of the sudden deaths of athletes who seem healthy, vibrant, and successful up to the moment of their demise.
What causes these fatal attacks? This question was put to cardiologist Oscar B. Garfein, M.D., of Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.
"Statistically, there are four reasons why these highly trained athletes die sudden deaths," says Garfein. First, they may have a condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyophathy that may show no symptoms and that may be inherited or acquired.
"The second statistical ...