ColdBlueNorth Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 First I will say I'm a cardiologist but have no knowledge of any details of Easley's case. If Easley only had SVT, a fairly benign fast heart rhythm, it would have been treated with an outpatient procedure called ablation and he would be back practicing in a few days. If the Bills medical staff put him on IR for SVT they are fools. What is more likely is he has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy(HOCM). It is the same thing Hank Gathers had. If that is true he is done as a football player but could live a long time with treatment(meds, maybe surgery, and an implantable defibrillator). Another possibility is that he developed pericarditis. This is an inflammation of the sac around the heart. A TE at Ohio State had that and had open heart surgery in the 1990's and came back to play the next year even though his sternum(breastbone) had been sawn in half. Pericarditis usually is treated with anti-inflammatory meds but once it gets into a relapsing/chronic phase surgery may be needed. The reason I think it is HOCM is that something would have been done for him or to him by now and I just can't believe the Bills medical staff would incompetent enough to recommend IR for a simple SVT. Could it have been an adult ventricular septal defect. I thought that may have explained the rather drastic measures the Bills medical staff took to get him off the field and on IR, because correcting that I believe is an open heart surgery with a long recovery time and even after successful treatment there is a higher propensity for arrhythmia and sudden cardiac arrest/death. Just speculating, but either way I wish Easley a speedy recovery and hopefully a recovery that allows him to still play professional football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 First I will say I'm a cardiologist but have no knowledge of any details of Easley's case. If Easley only had SVT, a fairly benign fast heart rhythm, it would have been treated with an outpatient procedure called ablation and he would be back practicing in a few days. If the Bills medical staff put him on IR for SVT they are fools. What is more likely is he has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy(HOCM). It is the same thing Hank Gathers had. If that is true he is done as a football player but could live a long time with treatment(meds, maybe surgery, and an implantable defibrillator). Another possibility is that he developed pericarditis. This is an inflammation of the sac around the heart. A TE at Ohio State had that and had open heart surgery in the 1990's and came back to play the next year even though his sternum(breastbone) had been sawn in half. Pericarditis usually is treated with anti-inflammatory meds but once it gets into a relapsing/chronic phase surgery may be needed. The reason I think it is HOCM is that something would have been done for him or to him by now and I just can't believe the Bills medical staff would incompetent enough to recommend IR for a simple SVT. Thanks for the educated guess. It's all we have for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdBlueNorth Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Server Glitch anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Server Glitch anyone I was picturing one of those water filled birds you had that kept hitting the enter key while you dozed off..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 ColdBlueNorth -- are you trying to ask if it could be an adult ventricular septal defect? I'm having trouble following your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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