Denver Post Looks At Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

From: Denver Post
by Mike Chambers


DU Student Assistant Coach Carle wants to help create awareness of heart disease. Just this week, Russian hockey player and Alexei Cherepanov died from heart failure in a Continental Hockey League game outside Moscow.

Cherepanov, a 2007 first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, was 19.

In February, Windsor Spitfires captain Mickey Renaud died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Renaud, who was drafted by the Calgary Flames in 2007, was 19. [read rest of story]

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