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Omar Pérez Stabilized After Heart Attack Following Emergency Stent Procedure

Doctors report a favorable prognosis as the former Boca and Santa Fe playmaker remains under observation in a Bogotá clinic.

Overview

  • An official bulletin from his academy confirmed an acute myocardial infarction treated with urgent catheterization and stent placement at Clínica Marly in Bogotá.
  • Medical guidance calls for up to five days of hospital monitoring, while his father said doctors have discussed the possibility of an earlier discharge.
  • Pérez posted on Instagram that he is improving each hour and thanked the medical team for acting quickly and supporters for their messages.
  • The episode began with intense chest pain that prompted immediate care, with his father recounting he sought help on his own after feeling the unusual pain.
  • Independiente Santa Fe and others in the football community sent well-wishes, and coverage noted the incident followed a day after his son Franco’s debut with Boca’s reserve side.