http://goo.gl/2rIE3V Former stars have hearts checked at first NBPA-organized screening NBPA(NBA球员工会)为退休球员做了第一次心脏病筛检 A couple rosters' worth of basketball players got together at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday for health screenings, the first implementation of a program for retired players started by the National Basketball Players Association. About 25 retired NBA players showed up for the screenings, which included heart testing. The NBPA initiated talks on the screenings at their July meetings, and the effort was given added urgency with the heart-related deaths of Moses Malone and Darryl Dawkins. 上周日，大约有25名退休球员到火箭主场馆 Toyota Center 一起做健检，这项计划是由 NBPA 发起的。7月的时候，球员工会就在讨论规划，而催生这个方案进行的是，10月中 因为心脏病过世的 Moses Malone 跟 Darryl Dawkins。 In a conference room provided by the Houston Rockets, physicians met with the retired players to discuss their medical history, test blood pressure, administer EKGs to check the heart's electrical activity, perform an echocardiogram to check the structure of the heart, scan carotids to look for plaque buildup in the arteries, check for sleep apnea and draw blood. The retired players also received attachments for their cellphones that can perform EKGs and send the results to cardiologists. "Even in this small sample of patients that we've done, we've been able to get some abnormalities," said Dr. Manuel Reyes, a cardiologist with Houston Cardiovascular Associates at the Houston Medical Center. "A couple of incidents with decreased heart function, weakened left ventricle, which is the main chamber of the heart." 火箭队提供了会议室，让医师跟退休球员谘询病史、量血压、从心电图诊察心脏活动 状况、扫描颈动脉是否有血栓塞、睡眠中是否呼吸中断，还有抽血检查。退休球员可以 从他们的手机获得诊断报告，手机会测个人心电图、传送给医师。 休士顿医疗中心的 Manuel Reyes 医师说，「从病人身上取得这些简易的样本，已经足够 让我们发现一些异样。心脏功能衰弱跟左心室息息相关，因为左心室是心脏运送血液到 全身的主要部位。」 Since 2000, more than 50 former NBA players have died of complications related to heart disease, according to the Philadelphia-based news site Billy Penn. It is unclear if basketball players are more susceptible to heart disease, which was one of the secondary aspects of screening former players. "That's one of the things that we're looking to benefit is the research component," said Joe Rogowski, the players' union director of sports medicine and research. "We're looking for trends. There's never been a real study that looks at this population and looks for norms and trends. They're bigger. They carry more weight, which leads to other factors, such as diabetes and high blood pressure." 根据费城新闻网站 Billy Penn 的报导 https://goo.gl/kK4dik ，自 2000 年以来， 已经有超过 50 位退休球员死於心脏疾病。篮球员是否较容易有心脏疾病，目前仍不明朗， 这会是下一个关注的议题。 球员工会医护主管 Joe Rogowski说，「这是我们正在研究的项目之一，我们在找病理 相关性，以前从未有这部分的研究。他们(退休球员)比较高大，他们承受较多的体重， 这会是其他隐疾的因素，像是糖尿病和高血压。」 Union executive director Michele Roberts and NBA commissioner Adam Silver both said earlier this year that cardiac testing was a high priority. Silver said the NBA was prepared to provide the union with both financial support and a vast array of medical resources. Union representatives presented their vision of comprehensive screening for retirees to current players at their annual Las Vegas meeting in July. Sources said players voted to set aside funds to implement screenings. The larger -- and more costly -- issue of supplementing health insurance is slated to be addressed at their February meetings, when a more comprehensive blueprint would be available. 工会执行长 Michele Roberts 跟 NBA 联盟主席 Adam Silver 今年都曾说过，心脏测试 是个较优先做的事。Silver 说联盟准备提供一笔资金给工会，让工会拥有较丰富的医疗 资源。 7月在拉斯维加斯，工会代表在年度会议向现役球员表达筛检的观点，有消息说，球员票选 要设立筛检基金，而更庞大(更花钱)的医疗补助金，暂订明年二月再进行更详细讨论。 The ages of the deceased players are alarming. Malone was 60. Dawkins was 58. Caldwell Jones, who died last year, was 64. Other recent deaths of former players include Jack Haley, 51, and Anthony Mason, 48. "Something's got to be done," said Rogowski, who was an athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach for 10 years in the NBA. "The NFL is dealing with their issues with retired players. This may be our issue that we're dealing with retired players on." It has injected a beneficial dosage of fear into a group that is unaccustomed to confronting their own physical weaknesses. 已故球员的辞世年纪渐渐在向人示警。Moses Malone 60岁、Darryl Dawkins 58岁，去年 过世的 Caldwell Jones 享年 64岁，还有最近去世的 Jack Haley 51岁、Anthony Mason 48岁。 在 NBA服务十年的体能防护员 Joe Rogowski 说，「有些事已经做好了。NFL(美式足球 联盟)已为他们退休球员建立了机制，而 NBA 这部分是我们要做的。」 一群不愿面对自己身体脆弱一面的人，那些病逝的事，都已经向他们示警。 "Guys have said, 'If something's wrong, I don't want to know,'" said Harvey Catchings, 64, an 11-year NBA veteran who went to the screening in Houston. "I talked to guys: 'It's not about you. It's about your family, too. What happens to you affects them.' "When you're out there playing, 'Nothing can happen to me.' Then when you start seeing guys fall -- we lost Moses, we lost Darryl, we lost Caldwell -- you start thinking about, we've got to do a better job of taking care of myself. Part of that is knowing what I've got to deal with. 现年64岁，11年 NBA资历的老球星 Harvey Catchings 说，「人们会说『如果有什麽不对 劲的，我不想知道』，我告诉那些人『这不只是你个人的事，这还攸关到你的家人，你发 生什麽会影响他们』。」 「当你出去玩，『意外才不会发生在我身上』，然後当你开始看那些人离开... 我们失去 了 Moses、Darryl、Caldwell，你就会开始想到，我们要更照顾自己的身体。从他们的 事让我学会我还能做的事。」 "You get so much information from an EKG, from an echo. It's the reality of life. We're no longer spring chickens. You just understand that you've got to take good care of yourself." No former player has felt the loss more than Major Jones, Caldwell Jones' brother who was a teammate of Malone on the Rockets in the early 1980s. 「你能从心电图、脉搏去获取更多资讯，这是生活上很实际的事，我们不用再胆怯，你才 明白你该怎样照顾你自己。」 Caldwell Jones 的弟弟是 Major Jones，他曾是 Moses Malone 80年代火箭的队友，没人 比他更感伤了。(去年底失去哥哥、今年失去老队友) "I think of Moses in the same sense I think of my brother Caldwell," Jones said. "It's difficult. The memories, they'll always be with you. But you miss them physically." Major Jones, 62, is a prostate cancer survivor. A test in April indicated the presence of a small hole in his heart. He adjusted his diet -- more vegetables and fruits, less red meat -- and said the hole could no longer be detected in the tests performed Saturday. Sometimes the screenings can provide good news. Either way, it's important to be informed. That's a step the players' association took Saturday. Major Jones说，「想念 Moses 跟我哥的感觉是一样的，很难过的，在记忆中，他们总是 在我身边，但你是真的失去他们了。」 Major Jones现年 62岁，是个前列腺癌的幸存者。四月曾被诊断出心脏有个小洞，他开始 调整他的饮食，吃更多蔬菜水果、减少吃红肉，上周六已不再发现那个小洞了。 有时检查可以提供好消息，不管检查结果如何，重要的是能让自己知道(怎麽面对)。 上周六的筛检对球员工会来说是一个进步。 --

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