Jim Harbaugh Briefly Leaves Chargers Game Due to Irregular Heartbeat

Untimely beats can happen usually or in fast succession that trigger the “fluttering” sensation Harbaugh referred to within the press convention. The time period “sinus rhythm” Harbaugh used refers back to the coronary heart’s regular rhythm.

Harbaugh mentioned he “may inform there have been some irregular beats occurring” in his coronary heart in the course of the sport. He mentioned he was given intravenous fluids and an EKG take a look at by the Chargers’ athletic coaching employees.

“I do know quite a bit about it, so I simply needed to see what the heartbeat was,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I’m not good at taking my very own pulse. So they simply took the heartbeat, and it was within the arrhythmia. However I felt like we have been good, after which they simply mentioned, ‘No, we have to get an EKG.’

“Belief the medical doctors,” he continued. “For those who’re not going to belief your medical doctors, who’re you going to belief? I’ve all the time thought that. After which got here again into the locker room and the paramedics got here and did an EKG. They mentioned it was again to sinus rhythm, and I mentioned, ‘I really feel good.’ So acquired again on the market on the sector.”

Harbaugh returned to the sideline to teach the rest of the sport.

Does Jim Harbaugh have a historical past of coronary heart points?

The previous San Francisco 49ers coach mentioned he has skilled arrhythmia points earlier than.

“I’ve had a pair ablations, one in 1999 and one in 2012,” he mentioned. “And I’ll all the time bear in mind the one in 2012 as a result of it was in the course of the Monday evening sport, Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers versus the Chicago Bears, and Colin had an important evening that evening.

“After the sport, acquired checked out and ended up having to have an ablation for that one as a result of it didn’t return into rhythm.”

Harbaugh joked that after that 49ers sport in 2012 and Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Broncos he’s “2-0 with arrhythmias.”

An ablation is a process wherein radiofrequency power just like microwave warmth destroys an space of coronary heart tissue inflicting irregular heartbeats and helps restore the guts’s pure rhythm, in keeping with the AHA.

“I type of began feeling it final evening,” Harbaugh mentioned. “However wasn’t actually certain. However, yeah, someplace after pregame warmups. Similar to it was in 2012. It was like in the course of the pregame warmup I type of began feeling it.

“And I haven’t felt it since 2012. It hasn’t occurred. However the one in ’99, 13 years later needed to have the process completed once more, so I figured I used to be getting near the 13-year mark and was going to wish one other one in some unspecified time in the future.”

John Harbaugh left his press convention after listening to about his brother

Jim Harbaugh mentioned that Chargers common supervisor Joe Hortiz reached out to Jim’s brother, John, and informed him about Jim’s state of affairs. John then known as their dad and mom to tell them.

The Baltimore Ravens’ 30-23 win over the Washington Commanders had concluded whereas the Chargers sport was nonetheless being held. John Harbaugh was making postgame remarks when he was informed about Jim leaving the sideline.

John then abruptly exited the press convention and made a name to verify on his brother, in keeping with The Athletic.