Ravens head coach John Harbaugh abruptly left his press conference after the team’s 30-23 win over the Commanders on Sunday so he could check on his brother, Jim.

Jim Harbaugh, in his first season as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, briefly left his team’s game against the Denver Broncos minutes before John’s meeting with the media was set to begin. He went to the medical tent, then the locker room, with what the team described as an illness.

Back in Baltimore, John Harbaugh took only three questions after making an opening statement before he was summoned away from the microphone by the team’s senior vice president of communications, Chad Steele.

Steele apologized and explained the situation, saying the Ravens wanted John to be able to make a call to get more information about Jim.

Jim Harbaugh returned to the sideline after only a brief absence.

The Associated Press and ESPN later reported that Jim Harbaugh entered the medical tent after he noticed his heart was beating irregularly. He said doctors gave him IV fluids and ran an EKG that showed his heart had returned to a normal beat.

“Everything ended up turning out to be OK,” said Jim Harbaugh.

“The doctors checked me out, and it got back into normal rhythm. So came back. It’s the heart so you take it seriously.”

The Chargers coach told reporters that he has dealt with atrial flutter for years:

He had an ablation procedure in 1999 to treat the irregular heart rhythms. He also had another one in 2012 when he was coaching the San Francisco 49ers. He vividly remembers that procedure because it was after a Monday night game where Colin Kaepernick led the 49ers to a 32-7 win over the Chicago Bears.

The Associated Press