Sickle Cell Linked to Sudden Deaths in Male Black Athletes Of the 2,462 athletes listed in the sudden death registry at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, 23 were sudden cardiac deaths in young African Americans, correlated with sickle cell trait. http://breakingmuscle.com/health-medicine/sickle-cell-linked-sudden-deaths-male-black-athletes

Sickle Cell Linked to Sudden Deaths in Male Black Athletes

Of the 2,462 athletes listed in the sudden death registry at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, 23 were sudden cardiac deaths in young African Americans, correlated with sickle cell trait.

http://breakingmuscle.com/health-medicine/sickle-cell-linked-sudden-deaths-male-black-athletes

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