- Adam's Heart Valve Surgery Blog - http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog -

Washington Senator, Dan Swecker, To Undergo Heart Valve Replacement Surgery

Posted By Adam Pick On May 30, 2008 @ 8:52 am In Announcements | No Comments

The vice chairman of the state Senate minority caucus, Republican Dan Swecker of Rochester, is in the hospital with a heart problem. Swecker’s staff say he was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington by ambulance after what seemed to be a heart attack Saturday night.

Dan Swecker, Senator From Washington, Has Heart Surgery For Valve Replacement

According to a news release Tuesday, tests show Swecker has a congenital heart valve abnormality (potentially a bicuspid heart valve [1]). An operation to fix the problem is planned for this week. According to the news release, Dan Swecker is in critical care but stable condition.

Swecker joins a long list of public personalities to have heart valve surgery including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Lehrer, Jessie Helms, Charlie Rose and Rodney Dangerfield.

All the best for a speedy recovery Senator Swecker!

Keep on tickin!

Adam

Article printed from Adam's Heart Valve Surgery Blog: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog

URL to article: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/05/30/washington-senator-dan-swecker-to-undergo-heart-valve-replacement-surgery/

URLs in this post:

[1] potentially a bicuspid heart valve: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/bicuspid-aortic-valve-symptoms.php