How can athletes play with ICDs, and what happens when it goes off?

BBC Sport explores how athletes with cardiac health issues are able to continue playing, the risks, and what happens when an ICD goes off.

Footballer Christian Eriksen’s ICD kept his heart beating after he collapsed on the pitch – here’s how these devices work

When Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed during a friendly match recently, many people would have been surprised to ...
Becker's Hospital Review

How ICD-10 Will Impact Cardiac Rhythm Management Procedures

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

How the ICD protecting Christian Eriksen's heart on the football pitch actually works

For the second time in his career, Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch. Here is how his implantable cardioverter defibrillator works. View on euronews ...
TCTMD

CMR May Improve Assessment of ICD Need in Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging may help physicians make decisions about which patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis require an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to ...
Medscape

Integra-D Shows Positive Postimplant Performance of Novel ICD, Cardiac Contractility Device

MINNEAPOLIS — Switching candidates for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation to a dual-function device that also modulates cardiac contractility was associated with successful ...
BBC

How can athletes play with ICDs, and what happens when it goes off?

When Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's 2-1 friendly victory over Ukraine on Sunday, he was assisted by a device which was fitted to support his heart after he suffered a cardiac arrest ...