(CNN) 鈥� , the older son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and should fully recover from his cardiac arrest last month, his family said Friday.
In July, the 18-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice at the University of Southern California and was hospitalized. He was discharged a few days later to recover at home.
His family says doctors determined the 鈥減robable cause鈥� of the cardiac arrest.
鈥淚t is an anatomically and functionally significant Congenital Heart Defect which can and will be treated,鈥� the family statement said. The family is 鈥渧ery confident鈥� in a full recovery and a 鈥渞eturn to basketball in the very near future.鈥�
鈥淲e will continue to provide updates to media and respectfully reiterate the family鈥檚 request for privacy,鈥� the statement said.
, a four-time NBA champion, passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in February as the league鈥檚 all-time points leader.
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