By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-07-29 09:05:29
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2014 年 12 月 12 日星期五，马刺队评论员比尔·兰德（左）和肖恩·埃利奥特在 AT&T 中心球馆录制节目。
前马刺球星、现任解说员肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliott)在接受了一项被他称为“超级简单”的手术后正在康复中，该手术“电击他的心脏使其恢复了正常节奏”。
埃利奥特和他的妻子克劳迪娅·萨帕塔-埃利奥特(Claudia Zapata-Elliott)在他们的 Instagram 账号上发布了一则故事，宣布他成功接受了心脏复律。梅奥诊所在其网站上将心脏复律描述为“在检测到心房颤动后，使用快速、低能量的电击来恢复正常心律的治疗方法”。
埃利奥特的帖子指出，他的 Apple Watch 警告他正在经历“房颤”，根据梅奥诊所网站的说法，“房颤”是一种“心律不规则且通常非常快”的心脏疾病。
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如果不及时治疗，这种情况会导致血栓或致命的中风。
“感谢健康的恩赐，感谢 Apple Watch，感谢最棒的医疗保健系统！” 埃利奥特-萨帕塔写道，“肖恩没有任何症状，但在过去的几周里，他的 Apple Watch 一直警告他患有心房颤动。感谢卫理公会医疗保健中心的优秀心脏病专家团队，他们进行了几次诊断测试和影像学检查，然后通过一种称为心脏复律的手术电击他的心脏使其恢复了正常节奏。我们中的一位非常紧张，但知道我们得到了最好的照顾。”
“感谢我们的卫理公会大家庭，特别是特里亚纳斯父女，他们是业内最好的心脏病专家。”
作为两届全明星前锋和马刺队 1999 年赢得的首个 NBA 总冠军（也是马刺队五次夺冠中的第一次）的关键成员，埃利奥特对处理严重的健康问题并不陌生。
在 1993 年接受检查后，医生诊断他患有局灶节段性肾小球硬化症，这是一种会导致肾脏瘢痕并抑制其过滤血液中多余液体、废物和毒素的能力的肾脏疾病。
尽管被诊断出患有这种疾病，埃利奥特还是坚持比赛了几个赛季，并因在 1999 年季后赛西部决赛第二场对阵波特兰的比赛中投进“阵亡将士纪念日奇迹三分球”而声名大噪。
在马刺队夺冠不到一个月后，埃利奥特和他的医生宣布他的病情已经恶化，一旦找到合适的捐赠者，他就需要进行肾脏移植手术。1999 年 8 月，他成功接受了哥哥诺埃尔捐献的肾脏移植手术。
“我告诉所有人，我哥哥是器官捐献的典范，”埃利奥特在 2023 年告诉《圣安东尼奥快报》。“我听过很多关于家人和朋友匹配为捐赠者但害怕或不愿捐献肾脏的故事，他们说，‘我会怎么样？’这是一个合理的担忧。
“但在捐献之后，我哥哥已经有了三个孩子，身体健康，显然还活着，而且生活得很好。你绝对看不出来他只有一个肾脏。”
埃利奥特即将进入他作为马刺队首席电视分析师的第 24 个赛季，他已经成为肾脏健康和检测方面不知疲倦的倡导者。在他经历了“房颤”的恐慌之后，如果他也能为心脏健康摇旗呐喊，那也不足为奇。
1999 年 5 月 31 日星期一，在阿拉莫穹顶球馆举行的西部决赛第二场比赛中，肖恩·埃利奥特在投进制胜三分球后做出反应。（《快报》照片/杰瑞·拉腊）
1999 年 5 月 31 日星期一，在圣安东尼奥，圣安东尼奥马刺队以 86-85 击败波特兰开拓者队，在七场四胜制的 NBA 西部决赛中以 2-0 领先，马刺队前锋肖恩·埃利奥特在离开球场时高举双拳。（美联社照片/帕特·沙利文）
2005 年 3 月 6 日星期日，在 SBC 中心球馆（现称 AT&T 中心球馆），肖恩·埃利奥特的 32 号球衣退役后悬挂在球馆上空。
2023 年 6 月 24 日星期六，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市中心的阿尼森河剧院举行的“认识新秀”活动上，前马刺队球员肖恩·埃利奥特采访了 NBA 选秀状元维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。球迷们认识了文班亚马和马刺队第 44 顺位选秀的西迪·西索科(Sidy Cissoko)，后者是另一位 19 岁的法国球员。
2023 年 6 月 24 日星期六，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市中心的阿尼森河剧院举行的“认识新秀”活动上，前马刺队球员肖恩·埃利奥特采访了 NBA 选秀状元维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。球迷们认识了文班亚马和马刺队第 44 顺位选秀的西迪·西索科（最右边），后者是另一位 19 岁的法国球员。
2022 年 6 月 21 日星期二，圣安东尼奥马刺队宣布与总部位于奥斯汀的金融科技公司 Self Financial, Inc. 建立新的企业合作伙伴关系，马刺队后卫约什·普里莫（右）在前马刺队球员肖恩·埃利奥特的介绍下亮相。马刺队和发展联盟奥斯汀马刺队将在下个赛季的球衣上印上 Self 公司的标志。
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Spurs great Sean Elliott recovering after heart procedure
Spurs commentators Bill Land (left) and Sean Elliott work on a tape of their show at the AT&T Center on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014.
Former Spurs star-turned-broadcaster Sean Elliott is recovering after undergoing what he called a “super easy” procedure that “shocked his heart back into rhythm.”
Elliott and his wife, Claudia Zapata-Elliott, posted a story on their Instagram accounts announcing his successful Cardioversion, which the Mayo Clinic describes on its website as a “treatment that uses quick, low-energy shocks to restore a regular heart rhythm” after atrial fibrillation has been detected.
Elliott’s post indicated his Apple Watch warned him he was experiencing “AFib,” an “irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm,” according to the Mayo Clinic website.
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Left untreated, the condition can lead to blood clots or a fatal stroke.
“Grateful for the gift of health, an Apple Watch, and the very best healthcare system!” Elliott-Zapata wrote. “Sean wasn’t experiencing any symptoms, but for the last couple of weeks, his Apple watch had been warning him he was in Atrial Fibrillation. Enter the amazing cardiology team Methodist Health Care SA who performed several diagnostic tests and imaging and then shocked his heart back into rhythm in a procedure known as cardioversion. One of us was very nervous but knew we were in the best of hands.”
“Thank you to our Methodist family, and especially the Trianas, the best father-daughter cardiologists in the business.”
A two-time All-Star forward and a key member of the squad that won the 1999 NBA title, the first of five championships claimed by the Spurs, Elliott is no stranger to dealing with serious health issues.
After going through testing in 1993, doctors diagnosed him with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis, a type of kidney disease that causes scarring on the kidneys and inhibits their ability to filter excess fluids, waste and toxins from the blood.
Despite the diagnosis, Elliott played for several more seasons and gained fame for his “Memorial Day Miracle” 3-pointer that won Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against Portland during the 1999 playoffs.
Less than a month after the Spurs won the title, Elliott and his doctors announced his condition had worsened and that he would need a kidney transplant as soon as a matching donor could be found. In August 1999, he underwent successful surgery to receive a kidney from his older brother Noel.
“I tell everybody my brother is the poster child for organ donation,” Elliott told the San Antonio Express-News in 2023. “I have heard so many stories about family and friends who matched as a donor but were afraid or reluctant to donate a kidney, saying, ‘What is going to happen to me? And that is a valid concern.
“But after donating, my brother has had three kids, is healthy, obviously alive and doing well. You would never know he has one kidney.”
Elliott, who is about to enter 24th season as the Spurs’ lead TV analyst, has become a tireless advocate for kidney health and testing. After his “AFib” scare it would be no surprise to see him beat the drum for heart health as well.
Sean Elliott reacts after burying the three point shot to win game two of the Western Conference Finals Monday May 31, 1999 at the Alamodome.(EXPRESS NEWS PHOTO/ JERRY LARA)
San Antonio Spurs forward Sean Elliott raises his fists as he leaves the court after the Spurs defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 86-85 to go up 2-0 in the best-of-seven NBA Western Conference Finals Monday, May 31, 1999, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Sean Elliott’s number 32 jersey hangs in the rafters Sunday March 6, 2005 at the SBC Center, now known as the AT&T Center, after it was retired.
Former Spurs player Sean Elliott interviews Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall NBA draft pick, during a Meet the Rookies event at Arneson River Theater in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Fans were introduced to Wembanyama and the Spurs 44th overall selection Sidy Cissoko, another 19-year-old Frenchman.
Former Spurs player Sean Elliott interviews Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall NBA draft pick, during a Meet the Rookies event at Arneson River Theater in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Fans were introduced to Wembanyama and the Spurs 44th overall selection Sidy Cissoko, far right, another 19-year-old Frenchman.
Spurs guard Josh Primo (right) gets introduced by former Spur Sean Elliott as the San Antonio Spurs announce in a press conference their new corporate partnership with Austin-based Self Financial, Inc. - a financial technology company - on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The Spurs and the G-League Austin Spurs will sport the Self corporate logos on their jerseys this upcoming season.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News