What causes cardiac arrest in young, seemingly healthy athletes like Bronny James? Dr. Celine Gounder explains
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Bronny James, the son of basketball legend LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest during practice with his college team on Monday — raising questions about how it's possible for a seemingly healthy 18-year-old to lose heart function.
Dr. Celine Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for Public Health at KFF, said that several scenarios could have played out that resulted in James suffering from the life-threatening condition.
One possibility is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle that is often observed in elite athletes and sometimes in individuals with certain genetic predispositions, Gounder said. Another scenario is commotio cordis, in which a sudden blow to the chest disrupts the cardiac rhythm, leading to cardiac arrest. The third possibility is a genetic arrhythmia, an abnormal heart rhythm, she said.
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