Denmark Foot Christian Eriksen Receives CPR on the Pitch After Collapsing

[William May]

Originally Posted by dan-b

Combination I should imagine.

I assume their athletes have to get physicals, just like U.S. professional athletes, so he should have been in good shape. I am wondering if it was dehydration or some similar event. If he had a detectable heart condition, I am sure he would not be playing professionally.

[ratkid420]

I managed to get the whole segment from live tv, I have been trying to upload it directly to DR but it keeps telling me it fails to upload the video. If anyone could help me out with that, that would be amazing. This video will get taken down in a couple of hours i guess lol

[ratkid420]

This has been happening to a lot of (young) footballers when they are perfectly healthy but get spontaneous cardiac arrest. Other names are: Abdelhak Nouri, Antonio Puerta, Daniel Jarque, Iker Castillas. I dont know exactly a 100% the cause im no medical professional, but i did found this on the web:
(translated)
According to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, screening young football players could prevent sudden cardiac death in a number of cases.
The researchers screened more than 11,000 young English footballers over a period of twenty years (1996-2016) for heart defects. They found 42 players (0.38%) with abnormalities that could lead to cardiac arrest; in almost all cases (93%) the players showed no symptoms. The most common was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy followed by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. 225 athletes had other, mostly mild, congenital heart defects.
The screening consisted of a questionnaire, physical examination, ECG and echocardiography, at the age of 16 years. The incidence of sudden cardiac death at this age was found to be 1 in 14,700 person-years or 6.8 in 100,000 athletes. A previous study showed similar numbers among male basketball players.
Most of the 42 young football players identified thanks to screening were treated with medication and/or surgery and were then able to resume sports (70%); the rest were advised to cease their sporting activities. Two of them with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ignored that advice and died, the rest are all still alive.
Somewhat disturbing is the fact that six men died of cardiac arrest due to genetic disorders that had not been detected by screening. The explanation is that the condition had not yet developed in these athletes at the age of 16, which makes it necessary to screen again later: in the 18th, 20th and 25th year of life, the researchers say.

Source: https://www.gezondheid.be/index.cfm?...t&art_id=26968

Translated from different article:
Dr. Sanjay Sharma of St. George's University in London said Eriksen had never seen abnormal test results since 2013. Though doubts briefly struck when he saw the images of the Internazionale playmaker falling down. "I thought, 'Oh my god? Is there anything we haven't seen?' But I checked all the test results and everything looked perfect," Sharma told British news agency PA Media.
“From the day the club signed him, it was my job to screen him and we tested him every year. His tests up to 2019 were completely normal, with no apparent underlying heart defect. I can vouch for that because I did the tests myself.”
Good sign

According to Sharma, there can be multiple causes, such as high temperatures or an undiscovered condition. He calls the fact that Eriksen regained consciousness in the hospital "a very good sign". Despite the positive news, the cardiologist is gloomy about the future of the Danish footballer.

"They managed to get him back," Sharma said. “The question is what happened and why it happened. This man had normal tests until 2019, so how do you explain this cardiac arrest? The fact that he is stable and awake makes the outlook very good. But I don't know if he will ever play football again."

Source: https://www.bndestem.nl/sport/cardio...erug~ac9690ce/

Again, no medical expert but its not an abnormal thing with young footballers/athletes having heart problems, often without any symptoms and/or undiagnosed. Christian should consider himself lucky for having cardiac arrest in the middle of a game and not at home, else i dont think he would be here anymore.

[kellyhound]

Sudden cardiac arrest is rare in young people, but it can happen. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2,000 young, seemingly healthy people under age 25 in the United States die each year of sudden cardiac arrest.

When SCA happens to seemingly healthy young people, there is usually no obvious injury or medical reasons the patient or family knew about. Some young people who suffer SCA may have previously experienced heart-related symptoms, such as shortness of breath, chest pain, or fainting, that weren't thought to be anything life-threatening. Others never had any symptoms of heart problems until the SCA event.

When can sudden cardiac death happen to young people?
Sudden cardiac arrest is thought to be a leading cause of death in young athletes, but it also affects young people not involved in organized sports. It can happen during exercise or at rest, or even during sleep. In some cases, young people can die from sudden cardiac arrest days or weeks later from brain damage that happened during the SCA.

What causes sudden cardiac arrest in young people?
Not all causes of sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults is known, but may include:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Usually inherited and often undiagnosed, this is the most common cardiovascular cause of SCA in young people. Muscle cells in the heart's lower chambers, called ventricles, thicken. This can cause abnormal heart rhythm, especially during exercise. Other types of pediatric cardiomyopathy may also play a role.

Coronary artery abnormalities. Defects in the way the coronary arteries connect to the heart can lead to decreased blood supply to heart muscle during exercise and cause cardiac arrest. Young people with coronary artery abnormalities usually are born with them but may not notice any symptoms until they are older.

Primary arrhythmias. In people with structurally normal hearts, sudden cardiac arrest can sometimes be caused by undiagnosed genetic conditions that affect the heart's electrical impulses. For example, these include:

Long QT syndrome. A heart rhythm condition that can cause fast and chaotic heart rhythm.

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. An extra electrical pathway in the heart creates a detour that can make it pump very fast.

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD). With this inherited condition, some of the heart's muscle tissue gets replaced with scar tissue.

Myocarditis. Usually triggered by an infection, myocarditis means the walls of the heart are inflamed. Most myocarditis cases in children happen when a virus such as an enterovirus gets into the heart. It can also be caused by bacterial, fungal or parasite infections, and allergic reactions to some medications.

Marfan syndrome. This connective tissue disease can lead to tears in the heart's aortic blood vessel. People born with the condition, who tend to be tall and have long arms, may not realize they have it.

Commotio Cordis. Caused by a blow to the chest directly over the heart at certain points in the heartbeat cycle, commotio cordis is more common in sports with projective objects such as ice hockey, lacrosse, and baseball.

[spycosis]

Good new is he is making a strong recovery now. Crazy that in the last few years there have been 3 players who all came from Ajax ( Amsterdam, Netherlands ) who have suffered severe heart problems. Daley Blind and Christian Eriksen have both been fitted with internal defibrillator devices now. Unfortunately, a third player, widely recognized as one of the greatest young talents ever to emerge from the Ajax Academy, is now in a vegative state at the current age of 24 years old, and he requires intensive medical care for the rest of his life because he was not oxygenated quickly enough after collapsing during a practice game. He is severely brain-damaged. He is called Abdelhak Nouri, but we know him as Appie.
The lesson we can all take is this.
If somebody collapses, we have to check they are breathing.
If they are not breathing effectively , the first thing you have to do is blow some oxygen into them, the heart can wait. Their brain can not wait. Without adequate oxygen they will be permanently fucked up inside 4 to 5 minutes. Probably dead inside 10 minutes. And if you don't know how to do it, just have a go. A shit attempt is better than no attempt.