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Recently, a 16-year-old girl died after running a three-mile race at a high school cross-country meet. She passed a regular physical exam but an electrocardiogram would have revealed that she had a heart defect and could have saved her life.
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We'll send your vote to the American Medical Association.
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It is impossible and impractical to try to rule out every potential illness or catastrophe or to attempt to chase it with the latest tests. While it is always tragic when somebody dies, accidents do happen and are ultimately out of our control.
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