Overview
- Last week the 78-year-old actor felt a sudden dizziness and sought medical attention, prompting an electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and a diagnostic catheterization.
- Doctors found an artery on the verge of closing and performed an emergency angioplasty to reopen the vessel and restore blood flow.
- Physicians and journalists say the procedure probably averted a heart attack and Ortiz de Pinedo has since been described as stable and recovering.
- He was hospitalized in Monterrey for the episode and publicly denied false online rumors that he had died.
- Ortiz de Pinedo remains under medical follow-up while on a waiting list for a double lung transplant and his case has been used to urge prompt checkups for older adults with chronic conditions.