Texas students screened for heart abnormalities

A northwest Houston, Texas, school district is going above and beyond the regular physical to keep its athletes safe by screening for heart abnormalities. Dr. Thomas DeBauche, a cardiologist, is studying thousands of students' hearts, looking for anything that could take a young life. It's standard practice in other countries. 'An experience in Italy using EKGs and follow up decreased sudden death in their athletes over a 10-year period by over 90 percent,' DeBauche said. He said that only about 1 percent of students could be walking around with a heart problem serious enough to limit their participation in sports" - click2houston.com