Susan Lucci finally discusses her cardiac concerns. The actress first experienced heart issues three years ago, but she just announced that she underwent another emergency cardiac surgery.
The 75-year-old actress discussed the treatment in an interview with Good Morning America. “I was getting a type of shortness of breath,” she explained. ‘This is insane,’ I thought.
“These are the exact symptoms I had three years ago, but they can’t be the same.’ When I lay down, though, I began to experience a strong coming-and-going pain in my jaw.”
Susan went to the ER on the advice of her doctor. She was examined and discovered to have an 80% blockage in one of her arteries. She needed another stent inserted to clear the impediment.
Dr. Richard Shlofmitz, chairman of cardiology at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, commented to GMA about Susan’s condition, adding, “She wasn’t experiencing a heart attack this time, and she wasn’t unstable. But she was exhibiting signs that made me think something was amiss.”
Susan was wise to recognize her symptoms, as they are often milder and more difficult to detect in women than in men. Her doctor warned her that if she had waited any longer, she could have suffered a serious heart attack.