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| ‘Commotio Cordis’ mentioned as possible cause of Hamlin's cardiac arrest |
| 2023-01-06 |
| [IndyStar] Dr. Richard Kovacs wants to be clear, very clear. He may be a renowned cardiologist. He may be the doctor who oversees the NFL Combine heart evaluations in Indianapolis. But he doesn't know for sure why Damar Hamlin collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest Monday night. All Kovacs can do is base his opinions on his knowledge, which is gained from a span of nearly four decades, now as head cardiologist with IU Health, and from his years with too many young, 40-yard-dashing NFL hopefuls to count. But Kovacs has watched the tape over and over of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and that play during Monday Night Football against the Cincinnati Bengals. |
| Posted by:Gromble Dribble4342 |
| #8 Not likely with PED and substance tests |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-01-06 19:32 |
| #7 Super coked out or something like that crossed my mind. Players playing totally stoned would be far from new. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-06 15:19 |
| #6 "Dan from Madison" suspects performance enhancing drugs. |
| Posted by: James 2023-01-06 14:13 |
| #5 Everyone with two video cameras and a microphone says Commotio Cordis, so it was always going to be, no matter what. I'll leave it to those who know better if straight passing out mid-sentence is a symptom or not. All I know is that was a pretty standard contact, and in all the years of watching all levels of contact football I've never seen anything like that. Time to review The 6th Day Laws? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-01-06 12:44 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-01-06 12:38 |
| #3 "A lot of us who have seen the tape think it may have been related to the blow to the chest" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-06 10:17 |
| #2 It went without saying that myocarditis due either to COVID-19 or to the COVID vax can cause a similar situation. Detailed testing may be able to sort this not. Or maybe not. |
| Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612 2023-01-06 02:19 |
| #1 Myocardial contusion is another possibility -- direct damage to heart muscle similar to that of a heart attack, involving actual heart muscle damage in addition to "commotion cordis". Dr. Kovacs may have intended to be very clear, but he wasn't. |
| Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612 2023-01-06 02:16 |