Damar Hamlin

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(01-04-2023, 01:12 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: 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.

I was wondering if the shoulder pad could have replicated the hardness of a puck or baseball, if not the velocity. But does velocity matter if it’s in the exact spot to create the arrest?