We’ve all heard stories about healthy young athletes who trot onto the football field and die from an undetected heart problem. A San Antonio foundation wants to keep those sudden deaths from claiming young lives. Thousands of teens are lining up for tests that could change their lives, or even save their lives. Jake Stewart of San Antonio has already had a lot of success on the football field playing for Clark High School. This year, the 17-year-old is heading into his senior year serving as the Cougars quarterback. At the heart of Jake story is a free screening he attended three years ago, a test that revealed a hidden threat. “I had Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, also called WPW,” Jake said. WPW is a congenital heart problem, an extra electrical path that put Jake at increased risk for cardiac arrest. “My mom freaked out. Yes,” Jake remembered. “It was so shocking. It was so shocking,” said Kim Stewart, Jake’s mother. It was her idea to take Jake to free screenings offered by

Source: Texas Public Radio