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'It definitely saved my life': Longview Regional again offers free youth heart screenings

The tests include a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram (ECHO) to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).

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LONGVIEW, Texas — Parker Cox was 14 and an athlete at Foster Middle School when his mother "forced" him to attend a heart screening at Longview Regional Medical Center.

"There’s nothing wrong with my heart," he said he remembers thinking at the time.

Cox, now 20, says he believes the tests he received at the event saved his life.

Read more from our CBS19 paper partner, Longview News-Journal.

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