The Italian Edoardo Bove Fiorentina player who fell unconscious In the Serie A match against Inter on Sunday, he survived the night admitted to the hospital without complications and the intubation was removed this Monday.
The 22-year-old midfielder is awake, aware and responds to questions of doctors and relatives, according to the first information from the local media, who went to the Careeggi Hospital in Florence (north).
After being evacuated from the playing field, Bove regained consciousness and heart rate thanks to medical assistance at the hospital and spent the night under sedation. According to Corriere della Serathe CT scan and complementary examinations carried out in the hospital have ruled out both brain and heart damage.
Among the hypotheses of the collapse of Bove is a sudden drop in potassium in the bloodwhich would have caused heart problems. It is not ruled out that the harsh encounter with the Inter Dumfries player influenced the fainting that led to fears for the worst.
Edoardo Bove remains in Intensive Care and will undergo new tests throughout the morning, at the end of which a medical report will be made public.
The Fiorentina coach, Raffaele Palladino, arrived shortly after nine at the Careggi hospital, where the footballer’s parents and his girlfriend are also there. His teammate Danilo Cataldi has also attended and it is expected that directors of the ‘viola’ club will do so in the next few hours.