21: Why Did Bronny James Collapse?

02/08/2023 5 min
21: Why Did Bronny James Collapse?

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Episode Synopsis

Scary news last week when Bronny James, the 18 year old son of Lebron and Savannah James collapsed during a workout at USC. It has been reported that James suffered a cardiac arrest. In September 2022 another seemingly healthy and fit USC basketball player, Vince Iwuchukwu also suffered cardiac arrest.  Thankfully USC was prepared and in both cases they were able to get these young athlete's hearts beating again. Buck discusses why and how it happens. 0:00:11 - Bronny James' cardiac arrest 0:00:53 - What is cardiac arrest? 0:01:23 - Arrhythmias or abnormal beating of the heart 0:01:48 - Myocardial Infarction or heart attack 0:02:42 - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 0:04:11 - Early detection is key

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