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Edoardo Bove had a defibrillator fitted after the Fiorentina midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch earlier this month, according to numerous Italian media reports on Tuesday. Sky Sport and Gazzetta Dello Sport report that the operation was carried out on Tuesday morning at Careggi Hospital in Florence, where he has been since collapsing during Fiorentina’s Serie A match against Inter Milan on December 1. Bove was rushed to the intensive care unit, where serious damage to the 22-year-old’s central nervous and cardio-respiratory systems was quickly ruled out.
Bove has been awake and undergoing tests at the hospital for a little over a week and is expected to be released in the coming days following his surgery.
Contacted by AFP, Fiorentina refused to comment on this information, but if confirmed, the installation of a defibrillator would endanger Bove’s career in Italy due to the strict health regulations that govern sport in the country .
Christian Eriksen had to leave Inter Milan in 2021 following his cardiac arrest and collapse while playing for Denmark in that year’s European Championship.
Eriksen was banned from playing in Italian football after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, fitted, but he now plays for Manchester United and still represents his country.
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