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Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) claims nearly 350,000 lives each year.
During sudden cardiac arrest, heart function stops abruptly and without warning. When this happens the heart is no longer able to pump blood to the brain and throughout the body, and the result is death for 95% of the victims.
SCA and vascular diseases claim more lives than those lost to all forms of cancer combined. This translates to a heart-related death in America every 2 minutes. The adverse impact of heart problems is even bigger taking into account the vast numbers who avert death by having their heart conditions detected and corrected by medical attention. Every 30 seconds someone dies or is adversely impacted by a heart condition.
SCA is the leading cause of death in student athletes. Every year 10,000 young people die from SCA. Many appear healthy and have no known family history of heart-related illness. Even though medical tests can detect the presence of heart concerns, insurance companies generally do not cover their costs without the presence of symptoms or a family history of heart problems.
Typically, SCA symptoms are silent until it is too late. As a result, screening is critical to prevention. An echocardiogram can detect the potential for SCA with 99% accuracy and many of the problems detected can be treated or corrected. For this reason it is essential that screening be done at an early age.
We at Living for Zachary hope to bring this knowledge and awareness to every family.
Let your HEART be heard!
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Living for Zachary is a non-profit organization [(501 (c) (3) 80-0410066] with a mission dedicated to saving young lives from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The organization was founded in honor of Zachary Schrah,
who was only 16 years old when he collapsed during a high school
football practice in Plano on April 2, 2009. After Zachary’s death, the Living for Zachary Organization was established to raise awareness of undiagnosed heart issues in teens.
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