Fun fact, there are two types of cardiovascular disease (CVDs), one being normal diseases and another is genetic. Almost all of the deaths or mortality for you

Fun fact, there are two types of cardiovascular disease (CVDs), one being normal diseases and another is genetic. Almost all of the deaths or mortality for young athletes (amateur or professional) are due to the genetic, for example mostly are based on the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) [1]. Another fun fact, unlike normal CVDs, genetic based CVDs like HCM the death is totally preventable if it can be detected and treated early. In many countries now CVDs screening including ECG is mandatory for professionsl atheletes, hopefully it can be made mandatory for amateur athelete as well e.g marathoners [2]. [1] Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrophic_cardiomyopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrophic_cardiomyopathy [2] Periodical cardiovascular screening is mandatory for elite athletes: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1896145/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1896145/