Tom Lockyer captain of Town of Luton who suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday, left the hospital on Wednesday and will begin a recovery period at home.
According to Luton Town, a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted in the 28-year-old player on Tuesday to “prevent a repeat of last Saturday’s incident”.
The team confirmed that the operation was successful and the footballer has left the hospital to continue his recovery at home.
“The club, Tom and his family would like to take this opportunity to reiterate their thanks to Bournemouth, their fans, the referees, the medical staff and midfielder Philip Billing, who was the first responder. to Tom on the pitch.Luton said in a statement.
Lockyer had already suffered a heart problem in the promotion playoff final in May and, according to Luton, the recommendations they received at the time came from “the most important cardiologists” and the episode suffered last week was different.
“We can confirm that tests carried out this week revealed that the problem Tom experienced on Saturday was different from the atrial fibrillation he experienced in May.”
Because of the Lockyer incident, the match between Bournemouth and Luton Town was suspended in the 59th minute and This meeting will be repeated in its entirety at a date to be determined in the future.
Source: La Verdad
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