UEFA Euro 2020: Christian Eriksen shall be an enormous miss for Denmark.© Instagram
Danish star Christian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest throughout his nation’s Euro 2020 opener final weekend, can have a coronary heart defibrillator implanted, the Danish Football Union (DBU) introduced Thursday. The Inter Milan midfielder collapsed and required CPR throughout Denmark’s recreation towards Finland in Copenhagen the place he stays in hospital. “After Christian has been via completely different coronary heart examinations it has been determined that he ought to have an ICD (coronary heart starter),” the Danish soccer physique stated in an announcement on Twitter.
“This device is necessary after a cardiac attack due to rhythm disturbances,” it added.
DBU supplied no particulars on the potential penalties for the 29-year-old Inter Milan participant’s future profession.
Eriksen “has accepted the solution” and it had additionally been “confirmed by specialists nationally and internationally who all recommend the same treatment,” DBU stated.
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Players, similar to Dutchman Daley Blind, have been capable of resume their careers after being fitted with the system, which controls and regulates the center fee.
The announcement of the medical process comes hours earlier than the kick-off to Denmark’s subsequent match towards Belgium, the place a tribute to the Danish quantity 10 is scheduled to happen within the tenth minute of the match.
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