Damien Nash collapses and dies after charity basketball game

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Sounds like his brother died of a heart problem. Maybe it's hereditary...?

That was my first thought as well - something like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that (I believe) can run in families.

I used to deal with some heart transplant patients in my first job out of college, and it was amazing the amount of family members who had been tranplanted or were on the list.

Either way, a terrible situation, my heart goes out to his family, friends and teammates.

[valkyrie]

Holy shit.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

- something like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...

Now this is one thing that I actually do my research on. I have been working in this field close to 3-4 years.

It could have been an aneurysm in the carotids. To fall out a die after exertion, even with cardiac arrest, he could have a small percentage of living if AED'ed.

But, he probably had no way of revival if he had an aneurysm that blew out and oxygen loss to the brain...

That is pure speculation.

And I have seen human big baggy hearts on echo. That's just not cool. Ath I can handle, but a left ventricular hypertrophy with a jacked up ejection fraction is not cool.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Now this is one thing that I actually do my research on. I have been working in this field close to 3-4 years.

It could have been an aneurysm in the carotids. To fall out a die after exertion, even with cardiac arrest, he could have a small percentage of living if AED'ed.

But, he probably had no way of revival if he had an aneurysm that blew out and oxygen loss to the brain...

That is pure speculation.

And I have seen human big baggy hearts on echo. That's just not cool. Ath I can handle, but a left ventricular hypertrophy with a jacked up ejection fraction is not cool.

Yeah, that would explain the sudden death. I don't know much about the field (liberal arts person), but that makes sense.

The genetic part of it is scary - to see families coming on the transplant list, etc., I just don't know how I'd handle that. It was tough enough for me dealing with a heart-conduction based disorder (WPW), one that was significantly easier to treat through meds and ablation.

Working in the field you probably know of a couple of the people at the hospital where I worked who are doing a lot of research in the field of HCM and genetics. PM me if you want to talk a little about it, I prefer not to say their names on here, for fear some whacko will try to trace my location, etc.