Celebrities With Heart Conditions
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Alex Trebek
Suffered a minor heart attack at 67 years old in 2007
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Barbara Walters
Underwent aortic valve replacement to correct a faulty heart valve in 2010
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Bert Reynolds
Underwent a quintuple bypass surgery in 2010
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Bill Clinton
Suffered from chest pains and had two stents placed in a coronary artery in 2011
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Bret Michaels
Suffered a mini-stroke leading to a hole in his heart needing repair in 2011
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Charlie Rose
Underwent surgery to repair a heart valve in 2002 and then again in 2006
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David Letterman
Underwent emergency quintuple bypass surgery at 52 years old in 2000
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Dick Cheney
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Jennie Garth
Experiences heart fluttering that could create complications when she gets older
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Kelsey Grammer
Suffered a minor heart attack after physical exertion in 2008
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Larry King
Suffered from a heart attack and underwent quintuple bypass surgery in 1987
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Miley Cyrus
Diagnosed as a child with tachycardia, a heart condition that causes her heart to beat faster than normal
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Regis Philbin
Underwent triple bypass surgery at 75 years old in 2002
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Robin Williams
Experienced shortness of breath and had aortic valve replacement surgery in 2009
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Shaun White
Born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect that affects the way blood flows through the heart
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Toni Braxton
Suffered chest pains and diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of tissue surrounding the heart, in 2003
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