Bronny James to return to court in 'near future' after cardiac arrest
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[August 26, 2023]
(Reuters) - Bronny James, the teenage son of NBA great LeBron
James, is expected to return to basketball "in the very near future"
after he suffered a cardiac arrest last month, ESPN reported on Friday,
citing a statement from a family spokesperson.
The 18-year-old went into cardiac arrest on July 24 while training with
the University of Southern California (USC) basketball team. He was
hospitalized and placed in intensive care, and discharged three days
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May 6, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA;
Bronny James in attendance as the Los Angeles Lakers play against the
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Follow-up evaluations have revealed that the
probable cause of James' cardiac arrest was a congenital heart
defect, according to the statement, ESPN reported.
"It is an anatomically and functionally significant congenital
heart defeat which can and will be treated," the spokesperson
said in the statement. "We are very confident in Bronny's full
recovery and return to basketball in the very near future."
Bronny James was the second USC player to go into cardiac arrest
in the last year. Vince Iwuchukwu collapsed during practice last
July after suffering heart failure, and returned to the court
six months later.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; editing by Robert
Birsel)
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