Anthony Van Loo
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Anthony Van Loo is a young Belgian defender, who last played for SV Roeselare in the Jupiler League
.
Around June 2008 he was diagnosed with a heart condition, possibly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
, but was allowed to resume his career after having a defibrillator implanted in him.
A video clip showing Van Loo's defibrillator at work, shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm after he had suffered a cardiac arrhythmia during a match, was posted to YouTube on 8 June 2009.
Jupiler League
The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...
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Around June 2008 he was diagnosed with a heart condition, possibly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the myocardium in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied without any obvious cause...
, but was allowed to resume his career after having a defibrillator implanted in him.
- In 2007 he was called up to the U-23 International Challenge Trophy Squad.
A video clip showing Van Loo's defibrillator at work, shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm after he had suffered a cardiac arrhythmia during a match, was posted to YouTube on 8 June 2009.