Jim Harbaugh Suffers Atrial Flutter During Chargers vs. Broncos

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00:00But let's take a look at a head coaching issue yesterday.

00:07Jim Harbaugh, atrial flutter.

00:10Number one, what causes that, Doc?

00:11What's the treatment?

00:12And is he OK at this point?

00:15First of all, full disclosure, I love Jim Harbaugh.

00:18I knew him from his playing days.

00:19Occasionally text with him, hear this, that, the other.

00:22I have not talked to him about this injury.

00:24But based on what it was, look, it's scary.

00:26How often do you see a head coach walk off the sideline

00:29in the middle of the game with medical personnel?

00:31And then they say it's cardiac in nature.

00:33Once again, let's talk about the good news.

00:36This was not a myocardial infarction.

00:38This was not a heart attack.

00:39Atrial flutter is an arrhythmia.

00:41And anything that involves the heart is indeed scary.

00:45But this is not an Urban Meyer, he's

00:48got to retire from football stress type situation.

00:52It's an arrhythmia that he admitted

00:54to that he's been dealing with before,

00:56and even said he's, quote, 2 and 0.

00:58He's dealt with it before.

01:00It's the atrium, not the ventricle.

01:03He wasn't in any danger.

01:04He probably felt his heart racing some,

01:07or a little irregular heartbeat, which is disconcerting.

01:11And you got to check out with EKG.

01:13There's medications, there's other treatments,

01:15there's other non-surgical treatments.

01:18I don't see this changing his pattern at all,

01:21which is the good news, I would believe.

01:23And as Jim always says, who's got it better than us,

01:26or him, and whatever, he's going to continue to flourish.

01:30The Chargers got a good win.

01:32But most importantly, I wouldn't worry about this too much.

01:36Of course, they'll treat him and have caution.

01:38But this is not an oh my gosh situation

01:42where he's got to quit football or really take

01:44care of himself or family.

01:45Don't see it as life threatening or endangering in any way.