EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After leaving Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Broncos with an irregular heartbeat, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned Monday that he’ll put on a coronary heart monitor for the following two weeks and take a blood thinner and one other remedy to maintain his coronary heart from spiking.
Harbaugh on Monday noticed a heart specialist whom he mentioned didn’t suggest a medical process however mentioned he may have one sooner or later. In 1999 and 2012 Harbaugh had an ablation, which is a process that makes use of warmth or chilly to destroy coronary heart tissue that’s inflicting an irregular heartbeat.
Harbaugh mentioned he isn’t contemplating stepping away from soccer.
“It will take my coronary heart stopping for me to not be on the market on the sideline,” Harbaugh mentioned.
He mentioned he’ll proceed to observe docs’ directives and that he discovered extra about managing his coronary heart.
“I am fairly assured on this one which I do know what it’s and how you can cope with it,” Harbaugh mentioned. “However as at all times, we’ll tackle the docs they usually’ll inform me what to do.”
Harbaugh briefly left within the first quarter of the Chargers’ 23-16 win over the Broncos Sunday after a flare-up with atrial flutter, a sort of arrhythmia that causes the guts to beat at an abnormally excessive charge.
Harbaugh went to the locker room, the place paramedics handled him. He had an electrocardiogram scan and, finally, they bought his coronary heart again to a traditional rhythm. Harbaugh returned within the first quarter and coached the rest of the sport. Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter was the interim head coach whereas Harbaugh was out.
Harbaugh mentioned he has had a flare-up in a recreation earlier than. In 2012, when he was teaching the San Francisco 49ers in a recreation in opposition to the Chicago Bears on “Monday Evening Soccer,” he felt an irregular heartbeat however completed teaching the sport and noticed docs afterward.
Harbaugh mentioned the altitude in Denver did not have an effect on his irregular heartbeat. He felt discomfort earlier than the Chargers boarded their flight to Denver and even talked about it to quarterback Justin Herbert.
“I used to be like, ‘I do not know if I am actually fired up for the sport or that is my arrhythmia kicking again in,'” Harbaugh deadpanned.
