Overview
- While arriving for his early-morning radio program on Thursday, he felt an unusual chest discomfort that radiated to his jaw and ears and went straight to Sanatorio Finochietto.
- An ECG and initial tests appeared near-normal, but clinicians opted to assess his coronaries, found an obstructed artery, and performed an angioplasty with stent placement.
- The stent was inserted roughly two and a half hours after he sought care, echoing guidance about a three-to-four-hour window before irreversible cell damage can begin.
- He said a long-managed hereditary high cholesterol contributed to plaque buildup, and his son described the lesion as an atheromatous plaque.
- Now recovering at home, he has urged older adults to seek immediate attention for any atypical symptoms above the abdomen, even if they seem mild.