Explaining BRET MICHAELS' Heart Surgery; What Is A PFO?
September 25, 2010, 14 years ago
Deborah Huso from AOL Health is reporting:
BRET MICHAELS is scheduled to undergo more surgery come January, this time to close up a small hole in his heart. Plagued with health issues over the course of the last year, the 47-year-old singer, actor and TV personality suffered a brain hemorrhage in April and then a stroke in May. By comparison, however, the hole in his heart is a minor issue.
Known as a patent foramen ovale, the hole is a common condition, which affects anywhere from 18 to 24 percent of the general population. Most people don't even know that have it, and it's not life-threatening. In Michaels' case, however, doctors feel it may have had some relationship to his stroke last spring.
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