The health status of Juan Izquierdothe Uruguayan footballer from National was admitted to intensive care after suffering a heart attack on Thursday midway through a match against the Brazilian team in Sao Paulo, he had worsened in recent hours, according to a medical bulletin published on Sunday.
The 27-year-old defender registered “a development of brain damage and an increase in intracranial pressure,” indicated the team treating him at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. “Hospitalized from August 22, 2024, at 8:55 pm, the patient Juan Manuel Izquierdo underwent new examinations this Sunday, the 25th. The examination showed the development of brain damage and increased intracranial pressure,” confirms the medical report published by the National club on its social networks.
“Juan remains in neurological intensive care, dependent on mechanical ventilation,” the text added. Doctors who treated him said on Saturday that the player was admitted to the hospital “due to cardiac arrest of undetermined origin, secondary to an arrhythmia.”
Izquierdo collapsed on the Morumbi Stadium field in the 84th minute of the second leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 against Sao Paulo. Since then, there have been testimonies of love and unity.
On Sunday, Sao Paulo wore a light blue jersey with the legend ‘Fuerza Izquierdo’ for their home league match against Vitoria. Uruguayan star Luis Suárez dedicated the double he scored in Inter Miami’s victory on Saturday to the Nacional defender. “Juan, we are all with you and your family!” ‘El Pistolero’ wrote in The Uruguayan championship was suspended this weekend and Nacional did not train on Sunday either.
Source: La Verdad
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