As always, up front I want to be clear that I have no direct knowledge of Clint Dempsey’s condition, treatment or prognosis. Two weeks ago, I wrote a couple of columns offering two possible scenarios on Dempsey’s heart condition providing a physician’s perspective based on what we know. (Those links are here and here if you need more background.)
To briefly summarize, I provided Scenario 1 in which he had arrhythmias that were highly amenable to procedures known as ablation in which the source of the electrical abnormality is scarred in such a way that it becomes electrically isolated and cannot spread its abnormal signal.