Overview
- Palace officials said Friday that doctors performed a balloon angioplasty on one of Margrethe’s coronary arteries after she was taken to hospital with acute heart problems on Thursday.
- She is staying at Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet for several days of observation and is described as tired but in good spirits.
- Balloon angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that threads a small balloon through a catheter to open a narrowed artery and improve blood flow to the heart.
- The royal household first used the Danish term “hjertekramper,” which corresponds to angina, while some media described a heart attack, and the palace has not said where the episode began.
- Margrethe, 86, abdicated in January 2024 after 52 years on the throne and has a recent history of hospital stays, with further palace updates expected on her recovery and next public steps.