Local Effort to Screen Young Athletes for Heart Risk Spreading

Union-Tribune article quotes Scripps Clinic cardiologist

Providers giving a young athlete a heart diagnotic test.

Union-Tribune article quotes Scripps Clinic cardiologist

Efforts to screen more young athletes for sudden cardiac arrest risk gained traction recently with the signing of a new law in California, according to an article published by The San Diego Union-Tribune.


Scripps Clinic cardiologist John Rogers, MD, who was quoted in the article, has played a leading role in the campaign to spread screenings throughout the state.


Read the Union-Tribune article: Quest to Save Young Hearts Gaining National Footing

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