CHRISTIAN’S FAMILY WILL BE CHECKED NEXT

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN went through annual heart checks during his time at Tottenham – and nothing irregular ever showed up.

Premier League clubs do rigorous summer screening every year, including heart checks, blood counts and oxygen levels.

That, according to one Prem doctor, heavily suggests that his collapse was probably caused by a condition or, more likely, an infection causing swelling in the muscles around the heart. His former cardiologist Prof Sanjay Sharma has confirmed Eriksen had no underlying heart problems during his time at Tottenham.

But St Bartholomew’s Hospital cardiologist Dr Sam Mohiddin said his relatively quick recovery means he may not need the lengthy rehabilitation treatment that Fabrice Muamba had.

Dr Mohiddin (right with Muamba) treated the former Bolton midfielder after his heart scare at Spurs in 2012 and believes Eriksen’s could be down to an infection.

But he also said that the Dane’s whole family will now be checked to see if there is an underlying genetic issue.

Dr Mohiddin said: “His circulation appears to have recovered very quickly.

“There are a number of cardiac conditions which may have caused this.

“Some of these issues run in family or could be genetic, so there may be further consequences. There are conditions that are not detectable in tests and conditions that can cause infections of the heart muscle.

“I don’t see this as a failure of screening or tests but something we have to understand further.”

Former England physio Gary Lewin said: “The medical team will have gone into what we call the ‘emergency action plan’.

“Every team and stadium has an action plan. All I can say is what an amazing job they all did.”