Overview
- Margrethe II, 86, had a balloon angioplasty at Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet after Thursday’s chest pain, and the palace says she is in good condition.
- The former queen was admitted Thursday with angina, which is chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart.
- Palace statements say she will remain in hospital for further tests for a few days as doctors monitor her recovery.
- Angioplasty opens a narrowed coronary artery with a tiny balloon so blood reaches the heart muscle more easily, a step experts in Denmark describe as routine.
- She abdicated in January 2024 after 52 years on the throne and remains publicly active, with a May 23 cultural engagement still listed on her schedule.