Susan Lucci finally discusses her cardiac issues. The actress first encountered heart problems three years ago, but she just stated that she had another emergency cardiac sᴜʀɢᴇʀʏ.
During an interview with Good Morning America, the 75-year-old actress discussed the therapy. “I was getting a type of shortness of breath,” she said. I thought, ‘This is ɪɴsᴀɴᴇ,’
“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 emergency room on her doctor’s suggestion. She was evaluated and found to have an 80% blockage in one of her arteries. To clear the blockage, she needed another stent implanted.
Dr. Richard Shlofmitz, chairman of cardiology at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, spoke with GMA about Susan’s situation, adding, “She wasn’t experiencing a heart ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ this time, and she wasn’t unstable. But she was exhibiting signs that made me think something was amiss.”
Susan was astute to recognize her symptoms, as they are typically milder and more difficult to detect in women than in men. Her doctor cautioned her that if she had waited any longer, she might have had a serious heart attack.
Despite being more harder to identify in women, heart disease remains the leading cause of ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ in the United States. It is critical to understand the signs and symptoms.
Some heart conditions do not produce noticeable symptoms. It isn’t always accompanied with a terrifying chest grasp and a fall to the ground. Some cardiac symptoms are not felt in the chest, which complicates the diagnosis.
