Enrico Castellacciformer doctor of the Italian national team, gave an interview to Radio Kiss Kiss Naples: “When I saw Bove collapse, anxiety pervaded me because the precedents are not positive. When you see a 22 year old boy collapse I get worried, I only calmed down when I heard that he was alert in the hospital. This morning they extubated him and he spoke to the doctors, the acute phase is over.
Torsade de pointes? It’s an arrhythmia problem, I don’t know what the final diagnosis is, but there was an arrhythmia that caused this. At first it was said to be an epileptic seizure and epilepsy itself can lead to a heart attack. It is assumed that it was a cardiac arrhythmia, but we cannot predict whether or not he will be able to return to play. We need a precise diagnosis that allows us to make assessments. Nowadays, having doctors who can provide you with initial treatment and who can use cardiac massage or a defibrillator is important.
My mind also flies to all those suburban fields where today there is a defibrillator, but not all the complete skills are available. These things also happen in peripheral fields. We have very strict regulations, our qualifications are the most serious at an international level and in other countries the qualifications are not even made, the responsibility is assumed by the player himself. Eriksen plays in England, he can’t play here. A defibrillator was applied to him, I would never want an elbow on the defibrillator.”