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  • SIMON'S BEAT
    Friday
    02.10.2012

    Heart tests urged for student athletes

    Annie Martines never had a clue something might be wrong with her heart.

    But several months into a senior year brimming with classes, sports and work, plus an intensifying college search, a routine electrocardiogram hinted that the 18-year-old St. Charles East senior might have a heart abnormality.

    Days into the 2011-12 basketball season, the Saints’ team captain and starting guard was abruptly sidelined and her life temporarily turned upside down.

    Full Story www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-x-0208-teen-ekgs-20120208,0,3947996.story

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