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Archive Home > 2012 > January > 01 > Device keeps a bigger heart beating

Device keeps a bigger heart beating

Man with enlarged heart is grateful for diagnosis, treatment that spared him fate of college athletes

By Randi Bjornstad / The Bulletin
January 1, 2012

EUGENE — Every time 61-year-old Charles Mestrich Jr. hears about another young athlete who suddenly collapsed and died, and the autopsy reveals hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, he has two thoughts: One, if only the youngster had known; and, two, that could have happened to me.

But Mestrich, who....

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