Tests allegedly show former Fiorentina defender Davide Astori had extra heartbeats less than a year before his tragic death in March.
According to La Nazione, Astori took two electrocardiograms in July 2016 and July 2017 so he could be declared fit to play football.
However, both ‘highlighted ventricular extrasystoles’, while the second test showed ‘an extrasystole with two morphologies’, described as ‘a small clue that his heart didn’t work as it should have’.
Tests allegedly show former Fiorentina defender Davide Astori had extra heartbeats less than a year before his tragic death in March.
According to La Nazione, Astori took two electrocardiograms in July 2016 and July 2017 so he could be declared fit to play football.
However, both ‘highlighted ventricular extrasystoles’, while the second test showed ‘an extrasystole with two morphologies’, described as ‘a small clue that his heart didn’t work as it should have’.
Consequently, Professor Domenico Corrado of the University of Padua – an expert in the field of cardiology – would have asked whether the ex-Viola captain should have been subjected to more in-depth examinations and if he should have stopped playing.
The newspaper concludes Giuseppe Creazzo, the prosecutor dealing with Astori’s passing, has since opened an investigation into Corrado’s questions.