Italian league matches were suspended today across the country after the horrifying news that Piermario Morosini, a midfielder for Livorno on loan from Udinese, had collapsed on the pitch with a heart attack and was pronounced dead at a hospital. He was 25.

According to Italy's Gazzetta, Morosini collapsed in the 31st minute of Livorno's Serie B match at Pescara.

The tragedy comes just four weeks to the day after Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed midgame under similar circumstances, only to later be revived.



Italian Soccer Player Dies After Collapsing On The Pitch

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RIP...very sad story.

i think lots of players are going to demand cardiac echos this summer due to the stunning numbers of heart issues there have been this year. muamba and this guy are the most high profile ones, but there have been other players as well who have collapsed during games but later recovered. most probably have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and there might be some wisdom in teams getting echos for all their players this summer to investigate it further

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I agree with Adil, all the players need to go through ECG's, ECHO and Holter Monitor for extensive testing as cardiomiopathy is one of diseases that a person doesn't know he has it and suddenly it comes, when they are doing physical activities and is deadly just like in this case. When these players are not playing, they must go through all the tests to ensure they are safe and healthy to play football

yeah the thing is that these conditions are very rare, so it is not recommended for everyone to go out and get tested. it's just been a freaky year that so many athletes have had this problem. i know players get ekgs all the time, most big teams perform ekgs on players during the preseason. that's a pretty good test for detecting a large heart, but an echo would be a better test for it so i wouldn't be surprised if some of the bigger clubs started including this in their preseason routines.

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i read an article on the guardian...that you can develop this problem if you have a genetic predisposition and you are a super athlete who trains a lot then your heart wall gets thicker which can cause problems....am i understanding that right?

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yes, it is true.

It directly related with the work done by heart. And in case of cardio activities like soccer, cycling and marathon heart usually pump 4-7% more than normal rate. As a result the heart wall muscle, the myocardium gets thicker due to more pumping (especially in the left vent). I read a story about Lance Armstrong having a larger heart than average which helps him pump more efficiently during cycling. But it can also put you on a predisposing condition for cardiac arrest. because if you hit the limit, heart muscle doesn't respond more and results in cardiac myopathy.

In this case though it was cardiac arrest. Have to see what was the details of it.

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