Quentin Groves undergoes heart surgery

by belvalle55 on Apr 10, 2008 9:26 PM EDT

The NFL Network stated that Quentin Groves had heart surgury for a rapid heart beat caused by
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome on 3/29/08. Please see links below for more info. Teams are still projecting him in the first round but this may cause him to move down a bit.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=NFL&id=4675&line=1 14891&spln=1

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4785

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very scary

Good luck to the kid. That's very serious stuff. I dont have the time this second to read about the disease in its entirety, but I have lots of questions about the safety of playing with the condition. I'll have to check it out, thanks for sharing.

by Michael Bean on Apr 10, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

Groves

Sounds like it's not that big of a deal, and that once the surgery is done, it fixes the problem. The biggest thing is probably recovering from the surgery, but even that doesn't sound particularly invasive, considering he had it done before he visited the Steelers.

I doubt this is a big issue. I'd rather have a guy who had a minor heart problem that was completely fixed in the off-season by minor surgery than a guy with one kidney.

by BadMaafala on Apr 11, 2008 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

I'd rather have a guy with this heart problem

Than a guy who doesn't have enough heart to begin with.

by maryrose on Apr 11, 2008 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

+1

ho!

by TheMostViolentTeam on Apr 11, 2008 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

agreed

from what i read about the surgery, the rapid heartbeat is essentially caused by an "extra" electrical connection in the heart, and they simply destroy that connection, thus eliminating the problem.

by TheMostViolentTeam on Apr 11, 2008 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

extra stuff

maybe he has extra muscles and brain power, too

by BadMaafala on Apr 11, 2008 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Ronny Turiaf

of the Lakers had heart surgery after he was drafted and missed his first year. By his second he was back. He is currently a high energy component and an important part of the Lakers run to a championship this year.
I wouldn't draft Groves #1 but he should have a full recovery and a good career.

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Apr 11, 2008 12:06 PM EDT reply actions