TMW Radio
Inside Maracana on TMW Radio yesterday, ample space was given to the illness suffered by Edoardo Bove during Fiorentina-Inter on Sunday evening. These are the thoughts of the guests of the show:
Sandro Petrolati, director of integrated cardiology services at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome: Under these types of events there can be many things that need to be investigated carefully. Sometimes there are congenital diseases that are difficult to diagnose. If we have to make one consideration it is that we must ensure that sport is increasingly protected. Our sports medicine receives much more attention than in other countries, but despite this, some cases can always escape that have a congenital form that is difficult to find. It is not possible to find among all the people who play sports those who have a predisposition for cardiac arrest, despite the level of checks. Go back to playing? It depends on whether it is found. If it was a one-time case without a pathology, there is a possibility that it will return“.
Ivo Pulcini, medical director of Lazio and specialist in cardiology and sports medicine: “”In Italy alone it affects 60 thousand people a year. Cardiac arrest occurs due to ventricular fibrillation, and can depend on various factors, generic or otherwise. The very important thing to say is that preparation for life-saving maneuvers must be a cultural heritage of the young generations, in everyday life and in athletes. If the players are trained, as we saw in Florence, the intervention can be timely and important. The secret is the minutes that pass. If you notice everything in the player, the sooner you intervene and the sooner the person comes back to life, as happened. If the defibrillator is used, can’t I go back to playing? We have the case of Eriksen…Now he plays with a device, even if he can’t do it in Italy given the strict rules that exist here compared to abroad. However, I wouldn’t give this verdict now, all the investigations need to be donebecause each case cannot be compared to others. If there are no contraindications, I don’t see any problem in returning to play. Low potassium level? It’s easier for an event like this to trigger with these low levels, perhaps the body wasn’t well hydrated but I don’t think so, given that he’s a sportsman and knows certain things. Maybe he hasn’t hydrated well or hasn’t eaten potassium-rich products lately.”