Researchers use stem cells to pinpoint cause of common type of sudden cardiac death
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
When a young athlete dies unexpectedly on the basketball court or the football field, it's both shocking and tragic. Now researchers have, for the first time, identified the molecular basis for a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that is the most common cause for this type of sudden cardiac death.