From what I have heard he has coronary atherosclerosis (or blockages in the arteries that feed the heard muscle) but he has not actually had a heart attack. That is when a clot forms in one of those blockages long enough for part of the muscle to die.
He clearly is a heart attack waiting to happen, but then so are a lot of the rest of us. It still is hard to make and maintain the necessary life style changes. It sounds like things were caught early enough for him to be at very little risk from surgery and he should do very well.
Even though I don't like his politics and I have no respect for his character, I do respect his dedication to his political beliefs and I believe the reports that he is a hell of a nice guy. I wish him the best. But I do feel sorry for the nurses that are going to have to take care of him.
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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"
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