Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery

Arnold Schwarzenegger has just undergone an emergency open-heart surgery. Sources close to Schwarzenegger reported the original aim of the procedure was “to replace a pulmonic valve that was originally replaced due to a congenital heart defect in 1997. That 1997 replacement valve was never meant to be permanent and has outlived its life expectancy, so he chose to replace it yesterday through a less-invasive catheter valve replacement. During that procedure, an open-heart surgery team was prepared ... in case the catheter procedure was unable to be performed.” Physicians standing by in case the valve replacement encountered any issues that Schwarzenegger needed the emergency surgery. He is currently in stable condition.

See Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery, TMZ, March 30, 2018.