Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh briefly left Sunday afternoon’s game against the Denver Broncos because of a flare up with atrial flutter, a type of heart arrhythmia that makes the heart beat irregularly fast.
Harbaugh, 60, was spotted walking into his team’s medical tent shortly before the game’s opening kickoff and then walking to the locker room minutes later, flanked by three members of the team’s medical staff.
He returned later in the first quarter and continued to coach the remainder of the game.
After the Chargers’ 23-16 win over the Broncos, Harbaugh told reporters he began feeling symptoms on Saturday night and then “could tell there were some irregular beats” with his heart during the pregame warmups, so he went to the medical tent to consult with the team’s medical staff.
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