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Laffy Kat

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9. These days seems like Marfan's patients would be identified early..

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 06:43 PM

Dec 2020

And watched throughout their lives. They can screen for cardiac abnormalities and aneurysms. It's so sad when these things happen.

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Basketball star Keyontae Johnson collapses during game - He was positive for Covid over the summer [View all] tulipsandroses Dec 2020 OP

Covid can damage organ like the heart. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #1

The team should suspend play until every member CanonRay Dec 2020 #2

Right. From the story: Mariana Dec 2020 #26

Covid associated cardiomyopathy- could as substrate for fatal arrhythmia elias7 Dec 2020 #3

He didn't even get his hands out to break the fall. ?cardiac ?maybe Marfan's Syndrome. mpcamb Dec 2020 #4

I Hope Not Marfan's ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #6

That was my first guess, too. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #7

I don't see the features of Marfan's Syndrome. LisaL Dec 2020 #15

Program roster has him at 6'5", 230#. That seems less a likely profile for Marfan's. Still, coaches mpcamb Dec 2020 #23

Isn't Marfans Genetic and detectable? tia uponit7771 Dec 2020 #30

This is speculation but could be Marfan's syndrome. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #5

See Post 6 ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #8

These days seems like Marfan's patients would be identified early.. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #9

Imaging & Genetic Tests Exist ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #11

But aren't there also obvious physical characteristics? Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #13

Not The Guy I Knew ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #22

Damn. So tragic. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #25

Poor kid....I hope that he gets through this Rice4VP Dec 2020 #10

When do we put people before profit? malaise Dec 2020 #12

I so agree. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #14

And college students see none of it. n/t AwakeAtLast Dec 2020 #27

Precisely malaise Dec 2020 #28

The virus may have put his heart right on the edge. roamer65 Dec 2020 #16

Covid can cause inflammation of heart muscle. LisaL Dec 2020 #17

Yup. roamer65 Dec 2020 #18

+1, I read that earlier this year. Jus ... damn uponit7771 Dec 2020 #31

This is really sad. I feel for his family as well. jalan48 Dec 2020 #19

Post Covid my resting heart rate is 120-160 without taking a beta blocker JCMach1 Dec 2020 #20

Does anyone know if he was asymptomatic when he had covid ? JI7 Dec 2020 #21

Poor guy MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #24

Weird how his teammates ran away from him. cwydro Dec 2020 #29

They didn't run away. They made room for two people seen LisaL Dec 2020 #32

My guess is they may have been told to not touch anyone that has a medical emergency tulipsandroses Dec 2020 #33

they're kids rockfordfile Dec 2020 #34

I was a college athlete. cwydro Dec 2020 #35