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Gundy Issues Public Apology After Learning How His T-Shirt Affected His Players’ Hearts

tcudoc

Full Member
If the claim is that his t-shirt affected their hearts, I think there needs to be proof. I would demand a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, ECG, and cardiac catheterization for starters. If no abnormalities are found, then we have an entirely different situation. If damage is found, it should be written up as a case report and a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial should be done to evaluate the incidence of such a condition.
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.
 

Pharm Frog

Full Member
If the claim is that his t-shirt affected their hearts, I think there needs to be proof. I would demand a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, ECG, and cardiac catheterization for starters. If no abnormalities are found, then we have an entirely different situation. If damage is found, it should be written up as a case report and a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial should be done to evaluate the
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.

Odd that you didn’t ask for a placebo control. Or was placebo implied? White Hanes T-shirt? Or would it’s whiteness skew the results? Shirtless control with multi-skin tone models?
 

tcudoc

Full Member
Odd that you didn’t ask for a placebo control. Or was placebo implied? White Hanes T-shirt? Or would it’s whiteness skew the results? Shirtless control with multi-skin tone models?
I thought it was implied with the "controlled" part, but I could have clarified better. Tank top vs Hanes crew could be an entirely different study.
 

BrewingFrog

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If the claim is that his t-shirt affected their hearts, I think there needs to be proof. I would demand a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, ECG, and cardiac catheterization for starters. If no abnormalities are found, then we have an entirely different situation. If damage is found, it should be written up as a case report and a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial should be done to evaluate the incidence of such a condition.
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.
We could turn the guys claiming heart injury over to some Native American practitioners. Those old unemployed Aztec fellows are experts at hearts...
 

Pharm Frog

Full Member
I thought it was implied with the "controlled" part, but I could have clarified better. Tank top vs Hanes crew could be an entirely different study.

Even better if you specify multi-center trial and don’t forget to power for all sub-populations.
 

HG73

Active Member
Wonder how much sh!t Gundy had to gag down to make him apologize to a player because of a tshirt. Poor [ "illegitimate Baylor boy" ]. Bear Bryant rolling around in his grave.

Wonder if he would have apologized if the player wasn't the best player on the team.

Did I mention that this crap has gone on way too long?
 

froginmn

Full Member
If the claim is that his t-shirt affected their hearts, I think there needs to be proof. I would demand a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, ECG, and cardiac catheterization for starters. If no abnormalities are found, then we have an entirely different situation. If damage is found, it should be written up as a case report and a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial should be done to evaluate the incidence of such a condition.
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.
If TCU's treatment of you can cause Type 1 diabetes, it's not a stretch to say the T- shirt can cause heart damage.
 
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