01-04-2023, 01:12 PM
(01-04-2023, 12:16 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: The only thing that terrifies me (assuming it's that condition where you get hit at the wrong time in your heart rhythm) was looking at a hockey example from the 90's. Guy got super fast treatment and was out of life threatening condition before he even left the stadium (if I understood it right), whereas Hamlin is a day out and still in ICU.
It is good to see that what updates we have he is improving a little. Prayers that there's no brain damage.
That is definitely within the list of possibilities or differential diagnosis, but usually it’s caused by smaller objects traveling at a faster speed. The larger the object hitting the chest the less likely it is to concentrate the force in one location. Getting hit with a puck is more likely to cause commotio cordis than a shoulder.
Sudden cardiac arrest in athletes is usually due to an undetected heart condition.
Here is a list of heart conditions which are more likely to cause sudden cardiac arrest in athletes:
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Anomalous origin of coronary artery
Arrhythmic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis
Coronary atherosclerosis
Long QT syndrome
Brugada syndrome
Catecholamenergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Short QT syndrome
Early repolarization syndrome
They will need to eliminate all the possible structural and electrical causes of sudden cardiac arrest before they can determine if it may have been commotio cordis. Otherwise, it’s like me on my honeymoon; premature.
