@usatodayopinion: "No one expects to be impacted by a heart health issue, especially not a young, professional athlete. But heart conditions don't discriminate. I learned that the hard way in January 2023 during a Monday Night Football game. It wasn't any game. It was two teams fighting for first place, with the No. 1 seed going into the playoffs and a first-round bye on the line," writes Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin alongside Dr. Nadim Geloo, a cardiologist and senior medical director of the structural heart division at Abbott. "Despite being at the top of my game, I collapsed and went into cardiac arrest in an event that was viewed on national TV and spread like wildfire across social media around the country. I went on to become Google’s top trending person on search for the year as millions followed my recovery and eventual return to the National Football League. "Heart conditions and incidents around heart health can be incredibly traumatic – I know it has been for me after my cardiac arrest." 🔗 Read the full column at the link in bio 📸: Mark Konezny/Imagn Images; Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images; Provided by Damar Hamlin; Thomas Shea/Imagn Images

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