Celebrities With Endocarditis… Help!

January 20th, 2008

Recently, I received an interesting question about bacterial endocarditis. The question was, “Adam: Do you know of any celebrities with endocarditis?

It’s a good question. I remember when I first learned that I would need heart valve replacement surgery, it helped to know there were many, many, many, many public figures who had experienced heart valve surgery and continued to live a full, dynamic life afterwards.

As for a particular celebrity with endocarditis (the heart valve disease), I unfortunately do not know of any celebrities with endocarditis. Sorry.

That said, I didn’t give up. So, I did what most people would do – I “Google’d” it.

Unfortunately, I did not find anything linking celebrities with endocarditis. Again, sorry about that. However, if it helps you… Here are some celebrities that experienced severe heart valve defects and had to have either heart valve replacement and heart valve repair surgery.

I could reference many more… But, I think you get the point – heart valve disease impacts all kinds of people.

In fact, reports suggest that over 250,000 heart valve surgeries are conducted annually. If you are a patient or caregiver, I share this with you to emphasize the point that you are not alone.

If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. And, if by chance, you know of one celebrity with endocarditis or many celebrities with endocarditis, please leave a reply below.

Keep on tickin,

About The Author: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. This unique book integrates clinical research with the personal experiences of 135 former patients to help future patients and their caregivers better understand the problems, the opportunities and the realities of heart valve surgery. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.