Healthlink: Teen Heart Screenings

6.4.11

Sudden cardiac arrest killed 16-year-old football player Nick Varrenti, so his family started the Nick of Time Foundation in his honor. Now, volunteers from UW Medicine, Seattle Children's and the Nick of Time Foundation come together to screen young kids and look for hidden heart disease.

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