10 hours agoThere were three days of tests at the hospital: Doctors still don't understand what caused Ericksen's cardiac arrest.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Danish football player Christian Ericksen has spent the third night in the hospital doing tests after the cardiac arrest he suffered in Saturday's match with his national against Finland. But the doctors still do not know why his heart stopped so suddenly and the search for cause is [...]
But doctors still do not know why his heart stopped so suddenly and the search for cause is already a priority.
“was a 29-year-old who was fighting for his life,” said Professor Sanjay Sharma, cardologist.
We need to know what really happened. ”
One of the most common causes of cardiac arrest is the abnormal heart rate.
Other causes include acute cardiopathy, or heart muscle inflammation, writes BBC.
Mr. Ericsen will be examined by doctors to detect any scars or abnormalities in his heart.
These tests are mandatory to take place in Britain every two years.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood into the body, leaving the brain without oxygen and causing the person to remain unconscious and without breathing.
- Ericsen is not the only football player who's ever experienced a heart attack. In 2012, another footballer named Fabrice Mamba fell to the ground, and his heart stopped for 78 minutes. Marc-Vivien Foe while playing for Cameroon, 28, was another. Also, Ugo Ehiogu.
Cardiac arrests can happen anyone at any time and not just football players.
Every week in Britain, 12 people under the age of 35 die from unexpected cardiac arrest. /Periscope
