Re: Ortiz passes heart tests, out of hospital
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- Date: 31 Aug 2006 13:15:00 -0700
Erasmus The Mannequin Brown wrote:
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: Good news for Papi - Sources say Ortiz passes heart tests, out of
: hospital
: By Jessica Fargen
: Boston Herald Health & Medical Reporter
:
: Thursday, August 31, 2006 - Updated: 11:11 AM EST
:
: David Ortiz' heart appears healthy and he could be on the field as
: early as next week, based on test results yesterday that could finally
: give Sox fans a reason to cheer, a source said.
:
: Another source said Ortiz was released from the hospital last
: night, though Red Sox spokesman John Blake called that report
: "totally inaccurate."
:
: Ortiz, pulled from the lineup in Oakland and flown to Boston
: Tuesday night to be hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, had an
: echocardiogram and a stress test yesterday at Massachusetts General
: Hospital. The results were negative, the source said.
:
: Ortiz, who was allowed to go home last night, according to the
: source, underwent additional tests, the results of which will not be
: known until today.
:
: "That's very good news," said Dr. D. Michael Farmer, a Mount
: Auburn Hospital cardiologist, who is not treating the 30-year-old
: Ortiz. "If he had a negative echocardiogram, then he has a normal
: heart function. He's got a perfectly normal heart."
:
: Four Boston cardiologists interviewed said a negative result on
: those benchmark tests means the Sox slugger's heart is structurally
: sound. If the tests showed he had heart disease, the team would have
: much more reason for concern, they said.
:
: In the short term, Ortiz' condition will likely require him to
: occasionally wear a monitor after returning to the Red Sox.
:
: Irregular heartbeats span the spectrum of severity and can be as
: minor as a few skipped beats or serious enough to require medication
: and in rare cases cause death.
:
: Ortiz complained Aug. 18 about a rapid heartbeat and was
: hospitalized a day later and cleared for the team's West Coast road
: trip. He was scratched from Monday's game when he complained of rapid
: heart beats. He returned to Boston Tuesday and checked into MGH.
:
: Sox manager Terry Francona said yesterday Ortiz is "doing OK.
: He's had no more episodes, which is good."
:
: Sox medical director Thomas Gill said in a statement Ortiz still
: was being tested "to determine the cause of his symptoms." He said
: Ortiz was to remain hospitalized through last night.
:
: Ortiz "is resting comfortably and is in good spirits," he said.
:
:
: The team was mum on when he would return, but the source said he
: could be back next week.
:
: The most significant news yesterday came when Ortiz' doctors said
: it appeared unlikely he has atrial fibrillation, a type of very rapid
: heartbeat that can be managed with medication, the source said.
:
: But according to Dr. Laurence Epstein, chief of arrhythmia services
: at Brigham and Women's Hospital, "The only way to rule that out is
: to record the abnormal heart rhythm."
:
: Doctors could give the slugger a credit card-sized device to use to
: record his heartbeat when he feels an episode coming on.
:
: "He should be able to return to regular activity while being
: monitored," said Dr. Charles Dow, a cardiologist at New England
: Baptist Hospital.
:
Cool.
Steriods will do that to you.
.
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