ICD - implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Christian Eriksen (see this previous post) is being fitted with an ICD (a "heart starter", according to a Guardian report.  He suffered a cardiac arrest during the recent Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland.

A cardiac arrest, as discussed in that previous post, is not a heart attack.   In a cardiac arrest the heart stops beating regularly, and a defibrillator or ICD shocks it back into a regular rhythm.

The British Heart Foundation, as before, come to our aid, with this page about ICDs, with detail about how they work, how they are fitted, and links to information about them and to information about abnormal heart rhythms.