Kennedy Saves Young Athletes

Kennedy Saves the World

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🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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On this episode, Kennedy sits down with the Director of Pediatric Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, NY Dr. Sean Levchuck to discuss heart health amongst young athletes. Dr. Levchuck weighs in on the tragic collapse and cardiac arrest of the Buffalo Bills' Safety Damar Hamlin during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at the beginning of January. He claims the overwhelming impression is that Hamlin may have suffered Commotio Cordis caused by a chest wall impact at just the right time of vulnerability. Later, Dr. Levchuck predicts whether Hamlin will ever return to the field. Follow Kennedy on Twitter: @KennedyNation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola Zero, official partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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0:27.8	Peel, sip, collect. Welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World, and today we have to save young athletes' hearts.
0:50.8	After what happened to Damar Hamlin, I think a lot of parents were already
0:55.3	hesitant enough about their kids playing football, but after seeing what happened, we still don't
1:00.4	know exactly what happened. That's why it is time to employ an educated guest from someone
1:06.7	who actually knows what he's doing. And he works with young athletes.
1:11.4	He is the chair of pediatric cardiology at St. Francis on Long Island in lovely Roslyn, New York.
1:19.1	Dr. Sean Levchuk, welcome to Kennedy Saves the World.
1:23.0	Thanks.
1:23.6	Good to be here.
1:24.8	What happened with DeMar Hamlin?
1:27.3	I think the jury's still out. I mean, the overwhelming
1:30.5	evidence or the overwhelming impression is that this is something called commocchio cordis, where the
1:39.2	area of the heart takes a shot to the person takes a shot to the chest in the area of the heart
1:45.3	at just the right time of vulnerability in the electrical cardiac cycle and the heart goes
1:50.8	into an arrhythmia. That's what we think. I mean, obviously, we're not made aware of all
1:56.8	a lab tests or anything else. Obviously, they haven't released much on preexisting conditions
2:01.7	or anything like that. But, you know, the workup is going to be very long. They're very smart
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