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Commotio cordis (Latin, "agitation / disruption of the heart") is a rare disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region) at a critical instant during the cycle of a heartbeat. [1] The condition is 97% fatal if not treated within three minutes. [2]
Former Georgia basketball player Terry Roberts, now a guard with the Long Island Nets of the NBA G-League, was shot in the chest by a stray bullet outside a Philadelphia nightclub early Sunday ...
For a normally healthy age group, the risk appears to be particularly magnified in competitive basketball, with sudden cardiac death rates as high as one per 3,000 annually for male basketball players in NCAA Division I. [19] This is still far below the rate for the general population, estimated as one per 1,300–1,600 and dominated by the ...
Former NBA player and coach Don Chaney captured the world’s attention with his prowess in the league. Chaney is an NBA great earning many accolades over his career – he was a two-time NBA ...
Former NBA center Clifford Rozier has died at age 45 after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week, his brother said. Rozier died Friday in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla., where he starred ...
Javaris Cortez Crittenton (born December 31, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. During his four year career, Crittenton played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association, and the Dakota Wizards of the NBA D-League.
Eddie Jamaal Griffin (May 30, 1982 – August 17, 2007) was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.