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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.