Christian Eriksen is unlikely to play football again and Italy may ban the Inter Milan player from competing again if he has suffered a cardiac arrest, according to a leading cardiologist.

The 29-year-old collapsed on the pitch during Denmark's Euro 2020 match with Finland on Saturday afternoon with a suspected cardiac arrest - with reports claiming the midfielder's heart stopped for five minutes on the pitch.

The Denmark captain needed to be resuscitated and was stabilised by the time he was transferred to hospital, though there are still fears over his long-term health and his playing career.

Dr Scott Murray, a leading NHS consultant cardiologist specialising in prevention of heart problems, claims Italy pride themselves on their record of preventing cardiac arrests in football - so the Danish player's problems will likely spell the end of his time in Serie A.

He told the MailOnline: 'It probably is (the end of his career) for him. The Italians stop people participating in sport if they are found to have a significant cardiac abnormality, it's in law.

'They've been doing that for a long time, beyond 20 years and they've reduced the death rates from cardiac arrests in sport from beyond 3 per cent down to below one per cent.'

The Inter star went to ground unchallenged mid-way through the match in Copenhagen and received immediate CPR treatment from medical staff already present at the stadium.

The match as postponed just after 6pm on Saturday evening and Eriksen was then seen sitting upright whilst being stretchered off with an oxygen mask on his mouth.

He was admitted to hospital and the Danish FA confirmed that he was awake, conscious and his agent Michael Schoots confirmed that he was able to speak and talk whilst receiving more checks.

Dr Murray claims Italy, where Eriksen plays his club football with Inter, have one of the best systems in the world for checking and predicting potential heart problems - and the fact that Eriksen still suffered a cardiac arrest having shows how dangerous and unsuspecting heart problems can be.

He continued: 'He (Eriksen) comes from an Italian club so he must have had all of the tests before he started. The Italians are the best at screening for heart disease in competitive athletes.
'Italy has the greatest pre-participation screening in the world which tries to reduce events, but he still has an event on the pitch. So even if you screen, it can still happen.

'It's going to be difficult for him to eliminate, he's still going to have that 0.01 per cent of people who will still have something happen.'

Eriksen will now face an uncertain future with regards to his playing career, with Dr Murray going through what the 29-year-old will now face in his hospital checks in terms of why the incident happened and what happens now.

'He will require an ECG - a 12-lead electro cardiogram which measures the electrical activity in the heart to see what is going on,' the NHS doctor claimed. 'That can give various indicators into why this may have happened.

'He will require a heart echo-cardiogram to see what's happening to his heart muscle. He will also need a cardiac MRI scan - a detailed scan of his heart muscle to see whether there's any scarring.

'He will need extensive investigation and probably a special pacemaker called a defibrilator which monitors every heartbeat and is about to tell you when the heart is about to do this again. If it does, the defibrilator can shock the heart internally.'

If Eriksen does end up retiring from football, then this incident can bring about a positive impact on society. Dr Murray claims that the high-profile nature of this case - on the European stage in front of millions of television viewers - can help members of the public become more aware of heart problems and how to respond to them.
He said: 'I think this is going to create an enormous amount of awareness - if you can get rapid medical assistance, you can save lives.

'In the public, everyone must learn how to do CPR, how to refer to medical services, everyone must know where the nearest defibrillator is.

'We've seen this in high-profile cases such as Fabrice Muamba and also people who are less fortunate like someone from my hometown - Phil O'Donnell - who died on the pitch.

'This is happening week in, week out. What people need to realise is this is an awakening for people: it happens to players, not just elite players at national level - this happens at grassroots level. This happens on Sunday league pitches. The more we realise that, the more we are able to deal with it if it does happen and save lives.'

Dr Scott Murray is the founder of Venturi Cardiology

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9680569/Christian-Eriksen-unlikely-play-football-says-NHS-expert-face-Italy-BAN.html


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I think, everyone should know CPR just like ABC. And also know how to use a fire extinguisher or what do to an individual who is choking. Such knowledge is life saving and should be broadcasted to all.

I bet he doesn’t care

Glad he is alive... That was a scary one... Just imagine the number of tests he is to go through just to bee sure he is fine.

This life enjoy yourself o. e get why

I knew, they hardly play again, same thin happened to OUR OWN SAN IKER CASILLAS FERNANDEZ

Life is bigger than football...

Thank God he is alive.....

Sad but hopefully he will be alive and well. That's all that count. My football manager enganche.

Yep.
That's why Kanu couldn't play for Inter & eventually had to be sold to Arsenal who were prepared to sacrifice his life for money.

Eriksen can return to England who value money over human life.

Do we have doctors during Nigeria football league matches that can attend to emergency like this?

too baad asking a 29 yr old professional to quit what he has been doing consistently for years....
it would be hard to accept n maybe months letter he would be declared fit to play again but not in Italy bcoz dey dnt allow such risk.
footballers have given all their life to football n its very boring when not doing what they have passion for DT some need phycologists after suffering long injuries dt kept dm out of the game..
some may even fall to depression when dey spend so much time not playing like in cases of injuries n dt last year covid break.

Oluwasaeon:
I bet he doesn’t care

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nope he does....months after this incident, he would be itching to return to football...it isn't dt easy to ask a professional to quit wat gives him joy, he may end up bored n depressed...
I see him coming bk to football maybe in a lower league DTS less competitive

Joysticks:
Do we have doctors during Nigeria football league matches that can attend to emergency like this?

Why do you guys like comparing everything to Nigeria, i guess if this had happened in Nigeria, you will say it's because we lack facilities

Foreign guys cherish and embrace theirs but all we do is rubbish and downgrade ourselves

paulolee:
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nope he does....months after this incident, he would be itching to return to football...it isn't dt easy to ask a professional to quit wat gives him joy, he may end up bored n depressed...
I see him coming bk to football maybe in a lower league DTS less competitive

Yeah very likely. Daley Blind still plays football so it’s likely

Joysticks:
Do we have doctors during Nigeria football league matches that can attend to emergency like this?

We have them in abundance but the problem is that the management and club owners hardly pay them as at when due.....

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Too bad, he's a great player and will be missed on the field of play but at least he gets to retire peacefully. If he had collapsed on a certain West African country it would have been a different story all together because they probably wouldn't have been a doctor available to attend to him, some nurses would have been busy gossiping or eating popcorn while asking him for a detailed summary of what happened to him and also expecting him to provide a police statement on the reason for his collapse. The management will also beg him to bring money to buy fuel to power their generators because there wouldn't be electricity at the hospital since he's a celebrity.

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He can always be a coach. he stayed atTottenham for too long receiving peanuts as salary when he could have move to manutd and collect 400k jejely . I hope son is learning he better live totheham for China cause nobody kws tommorow. Kane done get sense las las.
If was ronaldo or messi that collapse will this expert come to this conclusion, you will be messi n ronaldo are both fighters they have d ability to overcome this night mare. Eriksen ignore their advise and continue ur football

BuyAndSellStuff:
Yep.
That's why Kanu couldn't play for Inter & eventually had to be sold to Arsenal who were prepared to sacrifice his life for money.

Eriksen can return to England who value money over human life.

when u go get sense? When?

So sad for Chris.

K

Like Abidal

E don try... 30yrs old... We thank God say him no die... I pray dis doesn't end his career though....

Better....

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OlawaleBammie:
I knew, they hardly play again, same thin happened to OUR OWN SAN IKER CASILLAS FERNANDEZ

Isn't it too early to tell?

I am certainly no medical expert but isn't the effect of this more psychological than physical?

Fabrice muamba comes to mind. They really may recover physically but the mind really doesn't.