The reason for dying of Skyview soccer participant William Sloan was sudden cardiac dying introduced on by pure causes, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Workplace introduced Thursday afternoon.
Sloan, generally known as Liam to his buddies and teammates, died in his sleep on Oct. 10 of final 12 months.
The Clark County Medical Examiner stated after an investigation into the dying of the 16-year-old revealed the reason for dying was sudden cardiac dying because of deadly dysrhythmia and myxomatous mitral valve illness.
In response to the Mayo Clinic, myxomatous mitral valve illness, also referred to as mitral valve prolapse (MVP), is a situation by which the center valve leaflets turn out to be abnormally stretchy and redundant, inflicting them to bulge again into the left atrium throughout heartbeats, doubtlessly resulting in a backflow of blood.
The Mayo Clinic says MVP can develop in any individual at any age. Nonetheless, severe signs are inclined to happen most frequently in males older than 50.
Signs can embrace an irregular heartbeat, dizziness, tough respiration (particularly throughout train or when mendacity flat) and fatigue. Nonetheless, many individuals with MVP don’t have any noticeable signs.
Sloan was a popular junior offensive lineman for the Skyview soccer. His dying got here two days earlier than the Storm have been to play a recreation at Kiggins Bowl in opposition to Richland Excessive College.
“He was as great a kid that has ever walked through those doors,” Skyview coach Steve Kizer stated of Sloan after his dying. “He’s everybody’s friend. He just had a great work ethic. I never saw him with a frown on his face. Never complained. … We can learn something from Sloanie.”
