"Commotio cordis ... is spontaneous ventricular fibrillation.
That didn't happen in his case.
He made the tackle.
He jumped up.
He grabbed his face mask — then he fell over.
That's not consistent with commotio cordis."
Dr. Stephen Malthouse Rules Out Commotio Cordis as the Cause of Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest
• The shoulder pads make it so players "really have armor going down the front of their chest."
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