Keyword: echocardiogram
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My ears were ringing on March 7, so I thought I might have an ear infection. I hurried to an urgent care center, thinking I’d grab an antibiotic and be at work the next day. I was wrong. more
I looked down, and there it was — my heart, feverishly thumping. My valves looked like little whips snapping back and forth. It was a strange sight indeed. more
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the Jason Gruen Foundation recently tested 150 ninth-graders over two weekends, checking their hearts with advanced portable electrocardiogram and echocardiogram machines. Screenings took place at Calhoun High School in Merrick on Jan. 9 and 16. more
On April 15, 1985, 15-year-old Jason Gruen was walking into Manhasset High School, headed to class, when his heart suddenly stopped and he dropped to the ground, dead. A heart defect had gone undetected. His mother, Susan Gruen Helsinger, who now makes her home in Merrick, was devastated. She still is. more
Last Saturday Grand Avenue Middle School and Merrick Avenue Middle School held their fourth annual echocardiogram screenings for eighth-grade students. Some 185 Merrick-Bellmore students turned out for the event that tests for heart abnormalities. more
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