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Soccer/Football

Ron Obvious

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4. Cardiac testing...

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:50 AM

Apr 2012

I've always heard the Italian league were exceptionally good about cardiac testing, though. I remember Kanu having a heart defect diagnosed when he transferred from Ajax to Inter. He'd been playing for years with that defect, undetected, before that.

You can't help but wonder if doping might be involved in these tragedies... Several retired players from the seventies died of heart attacks before the age of 50, and that era was notorious for doping in football.

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Italy mourns footballer Piermario Morosini [View all] JonLP24 Apr 2012 OP

Sad story... Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #1

True, but it doesn't sound like it made a difference... regnaD kciN Apr 2012 #2

Better testing seems to be the key Marooned Apr 2012 #3

Cardiac testing... Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #4

Guardian report said that Italian cardiac testing is among the best in the world MrCoffee Apr 2012 #5