User:Jagreenberg/Championship hearts foundation

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Championship Hearts Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to reach out to the Texas community and fight heart disease by providing programs designed to touch the lives of Central Texans.

Originally founded in 1999, Championship Hearts Foundation, was created as the philantrophic arm of the Austin Heart cardiology group- a practice of 43 cardiologists in Central Texas.

Today, Championship Hearts Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that has taken on an active role in the community by providing youth athlete heart screenings, educational seminars, and an education and awareness campaign about Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), all at no cost to the public.

Championship Hearts Foundation screens for a genetic heart disorder called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is found in one in 500 of the general population. HCM rarely has signs or symptoms and is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death.

The Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology has endorsed the Championship Hearts Foundation screening model.

External Links:

Official website (http://www.championshipheartsfoundation.org)