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| Arnold Schwarzenegger undergoes heart surgery | |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone heart surgery and is now recovering in hospital. | |
| The Austrian-born action movie star and former California governor "developed complications" during a scheduled procedure and needed "emergency open-heart surgery," entertainment news website TMZ. claimed. | |
| However, in a statement spokesman Daniel Ketchell said that Schwarzenegger was in stable condition and that the operation was a success, adding that was "the most important thing". | |
| “His first words were actually ’I’m back,” so he is in good spirits,” Mr Ketchell tweeted alongside the statement. | |
| The operation was necessary to replace a valve that had originally been installed in 1997 for a congenital heart defect. “That 1997 replacement valve was never meant to be permanent, and has outlived its life expectancy,” Mr Ketchell said. Schwarzenegger opted for a less-invasive catheter valve replacement procedure. | |
| An open-heart surgery team was ready during the procedure, but Mr Ketchell said their presence was not unusual in such circumstances. | |
| After achieving fame for his roles in movies like Predator and the Terminator series, Schwarzenegger went on to win a chaotic recall election in which voters ousted then-Governor Gray Davis and chose Schwarzenegger over some 134 alternate candidates. | After achieving fame for his roles in movies like Predator and the Terminator series, Schwarzenegger went on to win a chaotic recall election in which voters ousted then-Governor Gray Davis and chose Schwarzenegger over some 134 alternate candidates. |
| While he ran as a Republican, Schwarzenegger's legacy included landmark climate change legislation. | While he ran as a Republican, Schwarzenegger's legacy included landmark climate change legislation. |
| He has gone on to champion the cause and has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, who has sought to unravel Obama-era efforts to combat climate change. | He has gone on to champion the cause and has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, who has sought to unravel Obama-era efforts to combat climate change. |
| Earlier this week Schwarzenegger recorded a message supporting an organisation's fight against gerrymandering, in which officials draw congressional districts for partisan advantage. | Earlier this week Schwarzenegger recorded a message supporting an organisation's fight against gerrymandering, in which officials draw congressional districts for partisan advantage. |
| “It is inexcusable that with Congress that has a 15 per cent approval rating and 98 per cent get re-elected. You know there is something wrong”, he said. | “It is inexcusable that with Congress that has a 15 per cent approval rating and 98 per cent get re-elected. You know there is something wrong”, he said. |