OT: High School Hoops Prospect Josh Level Dies On Court

I remember a few years ago when Nick Adenhart died-- I was and remain a huge Angels fan, and my best friend ( a very casual sports fan) was suprised how it hit me. I didn't cry or anything, but I was in a very solemn shock that suprised him. 

not that any teenagers death is more/less sad based on whether or not they "get" it-- heck, I am 25 and I still don't always get it-- but man, when a kid is that much closer than I ever was to "getting" it , it highlights why the death of a teen is so sad-- its about what they never got the chance to be.

Yes. I was in elementary school at the time of John's passing. Even as a little kid I noticed how it shook the whole Indianapolis area, just as I'm sure Josh's passing will shake his community. RIP to both John and Josh. Incredibly sad.

There's a lot of debate in the medical community about cardiac testing prior to high school sports. No countries that I know of do exercise ECG  - it may help identify a few exercise induced arrhythmias but otherwise probably isn't practical and might miss a lot of other things.  Italy has for years been doing standard resting ECG's.  It's pretty good at identifying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (probably the number one reason athletes die during competition) and can identify prolonged QT.  Downside on ECG screening is false positives requiring additional potentially unnecessary testing.  A couple years go a large hospital in the detroit area (not UM) offered free 5 minute echo screening to look for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - our feeling was that this could provide a false sense of security because it could miss other potential causes. I do that we should be doing better at identifying at risk athletes before these tragic events occur. 

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