New program aims to detect heart defects
Posted in News & Events on 22. Mar, 2010
TAMPA – There’s a new test for Hillsborough County High School students where absolutely no studying is required. Plant High School in Tampa is one of several that will now be participating in the new ‘SafeBeat’ program.
“It’s a very simple test that is non-invasive,” said Dr. Gul Dadlana, a pediatrician at All Children’s Hospital.
The ‘SafeBeat’ initiative is an EKG screening program to try and prevent sudden cardiac deaths.
That is awesome! Pro active screening is the way we need to be!
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This is great news but my concern is that during the time I was being diagnosed with AVSD all my EKG’s and Stress test were “normal”, even though, I was in heart failure. It was only through the initial echocardiogram was my diagnosis made. Can this be an issue with others?