The Bolton player is still in a critical state in hospital following a heart attack on the pitch in the weekend FA Cup tie at Spurs which was abandoned, which prompted Scott to speak out about his own troubles.
Speaking in the Star, Andy said: "I was very fortunate in that I was one of the two per cent of people with this condition that suffers symptoms - for the rest, unfortunately, it is fatal. With a condition like that, carrying on playing for me was a no brainer because of the potential for your heart packing up on you out there on the pitch.”
Scott retired at 35 and raises funds for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), he added: “It was for young players but there are those who slip through the net, perhaps - like I did - through coming into the game from non-league.
“It takes very skilled people, cardiologists, to read whether someone has a heart condition or not and, at the moment, that doesn’t seem to be happening all the time throughout the country.
“There needs to be more dialogue with cardiologists who know what they’re looking for and if that dialogue can help save a life then let’s have it."
Source: FOOTYMAD
