Sergio Aguero will certainly not be available for Barcelona for the next three months, the club announced via official channels on Monday evening. The attacker was replaced on Saturday evening in the home game against Deportivo Alavés (1-1) just before half-time. Aguero grabbed his chest and neck in the 41st minute while lying on the pitch, and appeared to have breathing problems. On Sunday evening he underwent a heart examination, the results of which are now in.
“Sergio Agüero should be subjected to diagnostic and therapeutic treatment conducted by Dr. Joseph Brugada. He is therefore not available for the next three months. Within that period, the effectiveness of the treatment must be determined in order to determine his recovery process,” the official Barcelona statement read.
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On Saturday, Agüero was treated for minutes and then was substituted. He didn’t want to get on the stretcher and quietly walked off the field. After an examination in the dressing room by the Barcelona medical staff, it was decided to take the attacker to hospital. The second half at the Camp Nou had already started and television cameras from LaTdT captured how he was transported from the stadium to the hospital.
Barcelona reports in an official statement that Aguero met malestar toracico was struggling with chest pain. Spanish media write that in such cases a heart examination is part of the usual procedure to examine how his heart muscle is functioning and/or whether blood clots have formed. This causes chest pain, angina pectoris, or even a heart attack. Severe stress can also cause cardiac arrhythmias.
Angina pectoris is not the same as a heart attack. Pain attacks from angina pectoris can indicate that the blood supply to the heart is not working properly. Neurostimulation treatment can significantly reduce the number of chest pain attacks.