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| Alex116 |
Posted - 09/17/2009 : 15:39:13
Anyone hear if Gustavsson is back at practice/training camp or anywhere near seeing action in a pre-season game?
Supposed to be a minor surgery and typically an easy recovery, but when dealing with the heart, it's always scary....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/a-fix-for-low-risk-heart-arrhythmia/article1290322/ |
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| Alex116 |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 08:07:42
Slozo....i did in fact read a few articles that mentioned that "groin" area insertion, interesting.
Beans....As common as it may be, it's still gotta be a little scary. Anytime you're dealing with the heart, it's obviously a touchy thing. Read one article that said there's a more serious version of what he had and that he was lucky it wasn't that. Hopefully this guy makes a full recovery. |
| Beans15 |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 07:48:18
Although I am no doctor, apparently there is a very large artery in the groin area that is actually the easiest route to the heart. My step-father had a procedure done the same way. Very odd.
From what Wilson said the other day, this is a common thing for athletes. Their heart misfires a little bit. So, the Dr sends a wire up to heart from the groin and zaps the misfiring area with electric shocks and basically kills the tissue. Then everything is fine again.
I doubt this will be a negative impact to this "monster". The only thing that will be a negative impact to him is Toskala. A bonified #1 NHL goalie.
By the way, where's Hanley??? |
| n/a |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 04:19:03
Heard on the radio this morning that Gustavsson will rejoin the team today, although I doubt he will play tonight or tomorrow as the Leafs wrap up 4 games in 4 nights.
Did you ever hear the details of this heart procedure, btw? Supposedly, the 'correction' is made by actually making an incision in the GROIN area, I kid you not. I know you may be thinking that the groin is pretty far away from the heart, but that's what the medical team said . . .
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug |
| Axey |
Posted - 09/17/2009 : 19:44:07
Nah.. he doesn't have the 'heart' no pun intended haha |
