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Jocelyn Bartram is hoping to continue her family's Olympic tradition. And a long-lost keepsake from the 1956 Games in Melbourne could be with her in Paris this year.
The family had the gene for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, or ARVD. It's a rare form of cardiomyopathy where the right ventricle's heart muscle is replaced by fibrous tissue or fat.
DeAnn Bartram of Ohio got a defibrillator implanted in her chest after doctors discovered she has the same genetic condition that caused the deaths of her father and two sisters.
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn't shake.