FREE Heart Screening for Teens - January 9, 2025

Schedule

Thu Jan 09 2025 at 03:30 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

AugustHeart Office | San Antonio, TX

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AugustHeart FREE Heart Screenings are open to teens aged 13-18.
About this Event

AugustHeart screenings are open to teens aged 13-18.

SCREENING PROCESS

♥ A parental waiver must be signed in order for your teen to receive a heart screening (included in online registration).

♥ Teens should wear loose fitting clothing.

♥ Screening includes an electrocardiogram (ECG). Test will be reviewed by a cardiologist off-site, and results will be emailed within 2 weeks of the screening. IF needed, a limited 2-D echocardiogram (ECHO) will be scheduled at a later date.

♥ The screening process typically takes approximately 20 minutes per student. NOTE: AVERAGE WAIT TIME VARIES.

♥ Screenings are offered at no charge. For those choosing to make an optional donation, $30 offsets the cost to screen one student.


SCREENED HEART CONDITIONS: Below is a brief description of the heart conditions we screen for, representing some of the more common causes of why young adults might die suddenly.

♥ HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: This is a problem of the heart muscle where the bottom chambers (or ventricles) are too thick. The risk of this condition has been reported to be as frequent as 1 in 500 individuals.

♥ DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: This is a problem where the heart muscle is too large and does not squeeze as it is supposed to. The risk of this condition is estimated to be 1 in 2,000 individuals.

♥ LONG QT SYNDROME: This is a problem of the electricity of the heart that is caused by an issue with how the heart muscle handles essential elements like sodium and potassium. Children with this condition can suddenly develop unstable heart rhythms. The risk is as high as 1 in 5,000 individuals.

♥ WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE (WPW) SYNDROME: This is a problem of the electricity of the heart that is caused by an abnormal connection between the top and bottom pumping chambers. This condition can cause very fast heartbeats and rarely an unstable heart rhythm. The risk of this condition has been reported to be as frequent as 1 in 1,500 individuals.

♥ Additional Conditions Based Upon International Criteria: In 2017, experts in the areas of cardiology and sports medicine from around the world identified features on a screening electrocardiogram that they felt potentially increased the risk of a sudden cardiac event in athletes. Some of those features are found in the conditions noted above and are well established as significant issues. Others, such as arrhythmias of the top (atrial) or bottom (ventricular) of the heart may be associated with risk (or may be of no significant concern). Formal evaluation by a cardiologist is needed to make this determination.


FOUNDATION INFORMATION ♥ The mission of AugustHeart is to provide free heart screenings to teenagers to identify selected heart abnormalities in an effort to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death. After his death, August's parents founded AugustHeart to prevent others from suffering tragic and unnecessary teen deaths caused by undiagnosed heart conditions. For August's story, visit augustheart.org/story.

Contact info: 210-267-2771 or email at [email protected]

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AugustHeart Office, 4940 Broadway, San Antonio, United States

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