Florida Teen Builds Awareness About Deadly Heart Condition

An 11-year-old competitive soccer player’s life was instantly changed when he was diagnosed with a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Had the condition gone undetected, he would have likely become a statistic. “It was severe enough that we needed to protect him, withdrawing him from competitive soccer and implanting a defibrillator,” said Kelvin Lau, M.D., pediatric cardiologist at Pediatrix® Cardiology Associates in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Lau said the defibrillator monitors Gavin’s heart rhythm. It can deliver electric shocks when needed to control his irregular heart rhythms.
 
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