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Professional Dominican basketball player \u00d3scar Cabrera Adames died this week after an apparent heart attack while he was possibly undergoing a stress test.<\/p>\n
According to a social media post from Dominican sports commentator H\u00e9ctor G\u00f3mez, the 28-year-old\u2019s stress test was being performed at a health center in Santo Domingo, the NY Post <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n Stream Over 50 Sports Live & On-Demand with Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now ><\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Cabrera Adames is believed to have suffered from myocarditis.<\/p>\n The disease can weaken the heart and its electrical system, which decreases the heart\u2019s ability to pump blood, according to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n Following his death, social media posts surfaced in which Cabrera Adames suggested he developed the rare heart disease after he received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n \u201cI got a damn Myocarditis from taking a f***ing vaccine. (I got 2 doses of Pfizer) And I knew it! Many people warned me,\u201d Cabrera Adames wrote on social media.<\/p>\n He also said the vaccine was a work requirement.<\/p>\n \u201cBut guess what? It was compulsory or I couldn\u2019t work. I am an international professional athlete and I am playing in Spain. I have no health problem, nothing, not hereditary, no asthma, NOTHING! I suddenly collapsed to the ground in the middle of a match and almost died. I\u2019m still recovering and I\u2019ve had 11 different cardiology tests done and guess? They find nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Cabrera Adames\u2019s collapse happened during a 2021 Spanish Amateur Basketball League game. He fainted during the game and was later transported to a hospital on a stretcher.<\/p>\n According to the Mayo Clinic, a stress test is designed to show how the heart functions during physical activity. Medical personnel usually attach electrodes to the patient\u2019s chest during the test. A machine then records the electrical activity of the heart.<\/p>\n It remains unclear if the stress test was the direct cause of Cabrera Adames\u2019 heart attack. <\/p>\n Cabrera Adames was the nephew of Hugo Cabrera, a Dominican Sports Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n Cabrera Adames played basketball at Daytona State College in Florida.<\/p>\n In 2016, he was one of 12 men arrested by St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s deputies for allegedly attempting to have sex with a minor.<\/p>\n The undercover sting was formed to catch individuals who intended to use the internet as a tool to find children to sexually exploit, law enforcement said at the time. This article originally appeared on the NY Post <\/a>and was reproduced with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n