Heart doctor explains what could have caused Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest

One heart doctor explains that usually when a healthy athlete experiences sudden cardiac arrest, the cause is one of two more common conditions.

WASHINGTON —

Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, during a Monday night football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2, 2023.

Medical staff gave Hamlin CPR and shocked him with a defibrillator, restarting his heart’s normal rhythm. Shortly after there were speculation among some experts that – a potentially lethal stoppage of the heart caused by a strong impact to a person’s chest. The next day, the that Hamlin had indeed experienced “cardiac arrest” but did not

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