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37 minutes ago, sonoman said:

Hope you’re better now.  My sister had epilepsy growing up. Always scary.  She outgrew it in mid teens

Thank You and glad to hear that your sister battled through it, It does get in your head a bit always hoping it doesn't happen again especially driving and when no one is around you.  

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Absolutely Terrifying. Reminds me of the Jiri Fischer and Rich Peverley incidents. I pray for his wellbeing and hope he recovers fast. But after something like this, makes me think that he may have played his final game. Family and Health come first. All the best to JB.

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21 minutes ago, HKSR said:

Hockey aside, hope he makes a full recovery.  It is probably for the best if he hangs up the skates now.  He has had a great career!

 

Have to agreed if its best for his life.  He's already won a cup and a gold medal all achievements achieved.  Of course if hes fine, I am happy for him just like Brody but life comes first.  

 

all the best to him.

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Seeing "cardiac episode" allot . 

2 hours ago, sonoman said:

You may be right. Wait and see though.  Unfortunately quite a lot of these events are caused by ARVD.  Not common but could result in retirement from playing.

Yes apparently it was . So scary. Actually turned my stomach to watch.  Really hope he is ok. 

 

#prayersforJay

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Thoughts with Jay and his family.  Seems like he was out there for an extended shift, these guys train their bodies to recover so quick & reduce their heart rate between shifts that the human body wasnt made for.  Hope he recovers and if he chooses to get back on the ice all the best.

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I hope he is okay, horribly scary.

I wonder what kind of testing these guys get in camp.  I have seen the physical forms the NHL sends out to the family doc from when players are growing up, though we see precious little of these guys as they grow up because they are generally so healthy.

I know there was a movement at the Olympics to make sure every athlete gets a physical and some cardiac testing though I don't believe that the benefit of that stood up to study.

I would think an ECG would be done on all the players at least once a year.  An echo is probably a good idea especially on older players as the prevalence of cardiomyopathies and resultant arrythmias in older athletes is just beginning to be understood. 

Now this next statement is meant as a generalization and not at all saying anything about Jay, the other common cause of this sort of thing in someone this young with pre-existing cardiac issues is cocaine.

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I find it still amazing that highly trained and fit athletes can still have a heart attack (Sorry I refuse to be PC and call it a cardiac event). 

Don't rush his recovery, and listen to your doctors. It would suck to have to give up a sport that you love.

My sister for years has been a distance runner. And recently her doctor told her knees can't keep up the strain. It broke her heart. 

But now she takes a spin class and is having a blast. But she misses running. 

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Probably not a heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the traditional sense, which happens over minutes to hours and involves heart tissue dying. 

Likely a cardiac arrhythmia until proven otherwise, especially the way he just went out. Probably didn't feel anything weird until it was happening.

Hope he makes a full recovery! Hard to know whether he'll play again.

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50 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

I find it still amazing that highly trained and fit athletes can still have a heart attack (Sorry I refuse to be PC and call it a cardiac event). 

Don't rush his recovery, and listen to your doctors. It would suck to have to give up a sport that you love.

My sister for years has been a distance runner. And recently her doctor told her knees can't keep up the strain. It broke her heart. 

But now she takes a spin class and is having a blast. But she misses running. 

 

31 minutes ago, prinzmetals_angina said:

Probably not a heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the traditional sense, which happens over minutes to hours and involves heart tissue dying. 

Likely a cardiac arrhythmia until proven otherwise, especially the way he just went out. Probably didn't feel anything weird until it was happening.

Hope he makes a full recovery! Hard to know whether he'll play again.

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1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

I find it still amazing that highly trained and fit athletes can still have a heart attack (Sorry I refuse to be PC and call it a cardiac event). 

Don't rush his recovery, and listen to your doctors. It would suck to have to give up a sport that you love.

My sister for years has been a distance runner. And recently her doctor told her knees can't keep up the strain. It broke her heart. 

But now she takes a spin class and is having a blast. But she misses running. 

There is nothing PC about it. It can be called a 'cardiac event' because they wouldn't have known the specific pathology at the time without testing, all they would have known is that it was cardiac in nature. Heart attack (MI) would have, in all likelihood, been factually incorrect.

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6 hours ago, prinzmetals_angina said:

Probably not a heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the traditional sense, which happens over minutes to hours and involves heart tissue dying. 

Likely a cardiac arrhythmia until proven otherwise, especially the way he just went out. Probably didn't feel anything weird until it was happening.

Hope he makes a full recovery! Hard to know whether he'll play again.

actually could have been a heart attack,  they won't know until all the testing is done. I have had 2 heart attacks, both very different, both required triple bypasses. one came on suddenly and the other over a matter of days.  I hope to never go thru that again. my son just last summer suffered a heart attack, but his was totally different. his was called SCAD, which is kind of rare, he has not been able to work since. he will finally see a SCAD specialist on the 19th and I am hoping for good news. 

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