Christian Eriksen collapsed on a soccer field — again. 🫀
In 2021, he had a full cardiac arrest during Euro 2020. His heart stopped. CPR was performed on the field. The world watched, terrified.
Now, during a friendly against Ukraine, he grabbed his chest and went down again.
But here’s the difference: this time, his ICD fired.
An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, a device surgically placed in his chest after 2021, detected a dangerous heart rhythm and delivered a shock that reset his heart.
He was briefly unconscious. Within minutes, he was awake. He walked off the field himself.
The team doctor confirmed: “The pacemaker responded as it should.”
That’s not a tragedy. That’s medicine working exactly as intended.
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