Chargers coach briefly left game due to arrhythmia
EL SEGUNDO, California — After leaving Sunday’s game against the Broncos with an irregular heart rate, the coach of the Chargers, Jim Harbaughsaid Monday that he will wear a heart monitor for the next two weeks, take a blood thinner and another medication to keep his heart from racing.
On Monday, Harbaugh saw a cardiologist who he said did not recommend a medical procedure but said there might be one in the future. In 1999 and 2012, Harbaugh underwent ablation, which is a procedure that uses heat or cold to destroy heart tissue that is causing an irregular heart rhythm.
Jim Harbaugh He stressed that he does not consider moving away from American football.
“My heart would have to stop not to be on the field,” Harbaugh emphasized.
He said he will follow doctors’ instructions and learned more about how to control his heart.
“I’m pretty sure I know what it is and how to deal with it,” Harbaugh reflected. “But as always, we will talk to the doctors and they will tell me what to do.”
Jim Harbaugh He left briefly in the first quarter of the team’s victory. Chargers 23-16 victory over the Broncos on Sunday after a bout with atrial flutter, a type of arrhythmia that causes the heart to beat at an abnormally high rate.
Harbaugh went to the locker room, where paramedics treated him. They gave him an EKG and eventually got his heart back into a normal rhythm. He returned in the first quarter and led the rest of the game. Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter was the interim head coach while he was out.
Jim Harbaugh He said he had had a flare-up in a game before. In 2012, when I was training the San Francisco 49ers in a match against Chicago Bears in “Monday Night Football”. He felt an irregular heartbeat, but finished directing the game and saw doctors afterward.
Harbaugh thinks that the altitude at Denver it did not affect his irregular heart rhythm. He felt discomfort before the Chargers will board their flight to Denver and he even mentioned it to the quarterback Justin Herbert.
“I thought, ‘I don’t know if I’m really excited about the game or if this is my arrhythmia coming back,'” Harbaugh said seriously.
