Christian Eriksen: What can cause a cardiac arrest?
Athletes can be more at risk because of stress on their hearts, but they can happen to anyone at any time….
Mr Eriksen is not the only footballer to have suffered a cardiac arrest. In 2012, another footballer, Fabrice Muamba, collapsed on the pitch and his heart stopped for 78 minutes. Marc-Vivien Foe died while playing for Cameroon aged 28, and former England defender Ugo Ehiogu, who was a Spurs coach, died in 2017, aged 44.
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