Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s physician couldn’t affirm he wouldn’t drop lifeless on Strictly

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, 53, has revealed his genetic heart condition might make his Strictly participance doubtlessly life-threatening.

The Channel 4 star suffers from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM for brief, which refers to a illness of the center muscle.

The situation causes the muscle wall of the center to thicken, making the center muscle stiff, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) explains.

The genetic situation, which has sadly killed two of Krishnan’s cousins, is triggered by a change or mutation in a number of genes and is usually handed on via households.

It makes it tougher for the center to pump blood out of the center and across the physique, so it might impede the presenter’s progress on the present.

He instructed The Sun: “The basic advice is, I’ve got to keep my heart out of the red zone, which is the last 15 percent of your heart rate.

“So, I’ve got to keep my heart rate below about 140, and I don’t know whether you can do that or not, in a 90-second very fast dance.

“My cardiologist basically said, ‘I can’t give you a hundred percent guarantee that you won’t drop dead, but you’ll be fine’.

“The Charleston will be a challenge, but we’ll see.”

Krishnan’s situation means the BBC may have a defibrillator on standby.

He added: “I have to listen to my body. I have that condition Elvis had and footballers have when they can suddenly drop.

“The job for me is extra about coaching and never elevating my heart degree for longer intervals of time than a two-minute dance. There might be a defibrillator for me.

“I have a heart condition but it doesn’t mean you can’t do Strictly.”

According to the BHF, the tell-tale indicators of HCM embody the next:

• Chest ache
• Lightheadedness and fainting
• Palpitations
• Shortness of breath.

The charity explains that most individuals with the situation really feel secure all through their life, however some discover that their signs worsen in later life.

This can happen when the center muscle turns into stiffer, making it tougher for the center to pump.

Krishnan added that he has discovered the beginning of coaching overwhelming. The dad-of-two mentioned: “My mantra is now trying to be – don’t think. And my dance partner keeps saying, ‘Just dance, don’t think’.

“If you think while you’re dancing, you’re dead, and if you think about what you’re doing, you’re going to be overwhelmed.

“And it’s very easy to be overwhelmed, because everything about Strictly is overwhelming: the lights, the costumes, just the number of people in the room, the scale of the thing, so you just don’t think about it, you just go with it.”

Strictly Come Dancing will start this Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One.