CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health will hold its annual Heart of a Champion, an intensive screening for student-athletes that goes beyond a physical.
Every athlete gets an EKG in addition to typical screenings.
Students need to be aware of symptoms that could be signs of a heart defect, like chest pain and dizziness during exercise, officials said.
A Charlotte mother credits the Heart of a Champion test with saving her son's life because the screening caught a heart defect.
Doctors got him into surgery and to this day, he's able to play football alongside everyone else.
“You hear so many times each year something (happening) to student-athletes,” parent Nicole Riley said. “(It sends) chills through my body knowing it could have been us, if it wasn’t for Heart of a Champion
The event is on Saturday and for more information, click here.
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