Cardiac Athlete™ Spotlight: Olympic Athlete Paul Wylie
Heart to Heart with Anna
English - December 26, 2017 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsHealth & Fitness Education congenital heart defect congenital heart defects tetralogy of fallot advocacy open-heart surgery pacemaker Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Who would ever believe that an Olympic athlete harbored a hidden heart defect for decades? What happened to Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie? How did he survive sudden cardiac arrest? Tune in today to "Heart to Heart with Anna" to hear Paul's story and the amazing secret his heart carried for decades before, not only being discovered, but nearly costing him his life! Listen as Paul shares what he believes has kept him healthy for all these years and how he feel about athletics now that he's suffered the implantation of a life-saving device and having to undergo life-saving open-heart surgery.You'll also discover what it means to Paul to be a Cardiac Athlete™ and how he might contribute to the sequel to the book Cardiact Athletes: Real Superheroes Beating Heart Disease (https://smile.amazon.com/Cardiac-Athletes-Superheroes-Beating-Disease/dp/0993038905/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1513015853&sr=8-2&keywords=cardiac+athlete+lars+andrews).
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