Larry King Suffers Heart Attack ... Goes Into Cardiac Arrest (Improving now)

[hlthe2b]

'sorry about the TMZ link... will look for a better one...
While I hope he does well, I hope all will note that he had had "difficulty breathing for months" yet delayed a full CV workup. Geez! Don't do that, folks!

https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/29/larry-king-heart-attack-cardiac-arrest-angioplasty/

Larry King suffered a heart attack last Thursday after going into cardiac arrest ... TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us, Larry had been having difficulty breathing for months and was scheduled to check himself into the hospital Thursday for an angiogram.
We're told while he was at home getting ready to go to the hospital, he went into cardiac arrest. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where doctors performed an angioplasty. They opened up an artery that had collapsed and inserted several stents.
The 85-year-old talk show legend was put in the cardiac intensive care unit and we're told he's expected to be released Monday.

[sabbat hunter]

1. I am surprised

considering his long history of heart problems, that he would put off getting it worked up for months and taken care of.

[hlthe2b]

2. Yes. me too. It doesn't sound as though his physicians pressed the point, so I have to wonder.

[marble falls]

3. That little guy is plenty tough.

[hlthe2b]

4. Here's a USAToday article on King

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/04/29/larry-king-85-hospital-recovering-heart-procedure/3618921002/

It won't let you cut and paste from it, but basically says he underwent an unspecified heart procedure and was doing well.

[java108]

5. Larry King invented Twitter- sort of.

I used to love his non-sequitur ridden USA Today column.