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Boys pick Bryant has irregular heartbeat

Updated: April 23, 2010, 11:29 PM ET
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys first-round pick Dez Bryant suffers from an irregular heartbeat but has been told it's not an issue.

Bryant told ESPNDallas.com Friday afternoon that he was diagnosed with the condition at the National Scouting Combine in March.

"The teams that I visited said I was fine," Bryant said. "I feel fine. They worked me out and said I was fine."

A normal heart rate is 50 to 100 beats per minute, but irregular heartbeats -- or arrhythmias -- don't ...

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