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Originally Posted by SusanInHadley
This is what I read from “experts”.
“The timing of the blow to Hamlin’s chest may have played a role, too. If the trauma occurred at a precise moment between heartbeats it may have caused a specific type of ventricular fibrillation known as commotio cordis – a disruption of the heart rhythm that occurs after a blow to the area of the chest that’s directly above the heart.”
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You are correct. This condition is the most likely cause of his collapse. It could happen to anyone, even someone with a perfectly fine heart. The blow seemed to have occurred when his heartbeat was in the ascending phase of the T-wave. It was a 5% chance of happening. A few milliseconds before or after, and he would have gotten up and returned to the huddle.