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Eriksen not afraid to play with a heart-starting device implant in Premier League

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June 12, 2021 Denmark's Christian Eriksen is seen down on the pitch after collapsing during the match Pool via REUTERS

Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen says he has no qualms about playing with a heart-starting device implant in a league as physical as the Premier League.

Eriksen, who collapsed during a European Championship match in Copenhagen last June and was given life-saving CPR treatment, is now fitted with a special heart-starting device known as an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD).

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