Today's Healthy Heart: Health Magazine's Raj Discusses High Schools Screen Testing Student Athletes

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Event Date(s): 02/03/2011 | Event Location(s): Michigan | Description: EJ: INT MS: In interview (part VO) mother Michelle Snyder (ph) says "On August 21st 2008 my daughter Jenny seemingly perfectly healthy 17 year old had a sudden cardiac arrest on a soccer field." STILLS: Jenny. EXT DAY MS: Slow-motion background of teenagers playing soccer on a soccer field. STILLS: Superimposed stills of Jenny with others. INT MS: Michelle says "Jenny absolutely did not have one symptom of sudden cardiac arrest or heart issues." MS: Parent Heart Watch website seen. MS: Michelle looks at her computer screen. MS: Michelle. MS: In interview Michelle says "We have the technology available and we can save lives." INT MICHIGAN IN A HIGH SCHOOL GYM AT A PROGRAM RUN BY BEAUMONT HOSPITAL OFFERING ON-SITE EKG'S AND ECHO CARDIOGRAMS SCREENINGS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES FREE OF CHARGE 2 MS: Student fills out a form at a table as a Beaumont Hospital official watches and says to fill it out before they get started. 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital official takes athlete's blood pressure. MS: Athlete lies on table attached to EKG wires. MS: Athlete on a table pans to Beaumont officials as one points to monitor showing the athlete's echo cardiogram results. MS: Monitor showing the athlete's heart valves seen as the hospital official says "Those wavy things are your valves and they look beautiful." INT MS: Various shots of high school basketball players playing basketball during a game seen. INT MICHIGAN MS: In interview in a high school gymnasium a Beaumont Hospital doctor says "It's not done because it's not cost efficient, and unfortunately, we live in a time where things have to be cost efficient." INT MS: Panning shot on a computer screen of the American Heat Association's guidelines asking personal and family history questions seen. MS: Monitor machine showing a wavy heart line. GFX: American Heart Association logo. GFX HEADER: "American Heart Association Statement" GFX SUPERS: "…we do not currently feel that current scientific evidence supports the universal use of tests ...in the context of mass screening of children involved in athletic activities., - Ralph L. Sacco, MS, MD FAAN, FAHA President, American Heart Association" INT MICHIGAN 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital physician talks to student athlete. 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital nurse attaches electrode monitors to an athlete's chest. 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital doctor uses a stethoscope to examine an athlete. 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital nurse attaches blood pressure monitoring pad on an athlete's arm. 2 MS: Doctor uses stethoscope on an athlete's arm (both faces unseen). MS: In interview Beaumont Hospital doctor says "But we're very pleased that we've been able to really change the course of lives of a handful of-- of kids." 2 MS: Beaumont Hospital nurse looks at printout from an EKG machine as athlete lies on table attached to electrodes. MS: The nurse holds the EKG printout. INT MS: In interview Michelle Snyder says (part VO) "Would it have saved Jenny's life`? I don't know. But it does save lives and to have that tool available and not use it when it's killing our children is crazy." GFX: "American Heart Association" logo. GFX HEADER: "Pre-Participation Exam" GFX SUPERS: "Personal history: Chest pain/discomfort upon exertion, Unexplained fainting or near-fainting, Excessive and unexplained fatigue associated with exercise, Heart murmur" GFX SUPERS: "Family history: Relatives who died of heart disease before age 50, Relatives under age 50 with heart disease, Relatives with cardiac conditions" GFX SUPERS: "Physical examination: Heart murmur, Femoral pulses to exclude narrowing of the aorta, Physical appearance of Marfan Syndrome, Brachial artery blood pressure" "Health" Magazine seen. In live in-studio interview Today contributor, "Health" Magazine's Medical Editor, and NYU School Of Medicine's Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Roshini Raj says many don't feel that the scientific evidence backing up high schools medically screening student athletes is sufficient, says personal medical history is a baseline for exams, notes the cost of the testing, says EKG's are not perfect tests, says ultimately we need more evidence, and says that parent watch groups are supporting the increase of studies on this topic.