The Dane will become the first Premier League player to appear with an ICD fitted, on Saturday.
But outside professional sport, a sudden cardiac arrest kills 12 people a week under the age of 35 in the UK, according to Cardiac Risk in the Young , one of the highest causes of death in that age group after suicide and accidents.
"We call it a shock box," says Dr Michael Papadakis, a reader in cardiology at St. George's, University of London. "It looks after your [heart] rhythm and, if it detects a very fast, life-threatening irregularity, it will shock you out of it and jump-start the heart," "The risk is low," says Yale cardiologist Prof Rachel Lampert, who led the study. "We can't say all athletes [with ICDs] should do vigorous sports, but our data show that many can participate with confidence that the device is going to work."71-year-old Bill Kerr has completed 12 marathons since collapsing after a cardiac arrest in 2012
"My [heart] consultant said that being fit saved my neck and the worst thing would be to become sedentary. So I worked my way up and eventually began to trust the device," he said.In terms of individual risk, much depends on the damage done to the heart before the problem has been identified.
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