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Marta Iraola Iribarren

How the ICD protecting Christian Eriksen's heart on the football pitch actually works

Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field during a game against Ukraine on Sunday.

It was not the first time the 34-year-old footballer had a health scare during a match. In 2021, he suffered a cardiac arrest during the European Championship, which resulted in Eriksen being fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

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