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June 30, 2004

Girl Has Heart Attack Playing DDR

A local Omaha TV news channel reports (via Slashdot) that a 15-year-old girl had a heart attack while playing Dance Dance Revolution at a local mall arcade.

Apparently the girl had a pre-existing heart condition, hypertrophy cardiomyopathy, that could have been triggered by any vigorous exercise. Police gave her CPR at the scene, while paramedics arrived and shocked her with a defibrillator.

She’s now been fitted with a pacemaker, and expects to be back at the mall soon, although she’s ruled out a return to the DDR dance mat.

Link: http://www.theomahachannel.com/family/3472497/detail.html

Posted by gamegal at June 30, 2004 05:07 PM