“It was a difficult operation but thanks to the experienced cardiology team everything went well and I am well once more,” the builder said on Wednesday via a WhatsApp message.
“On Thursday I was at the premiere of My Fair Lady in Mörbisch. On Friday morning I was taken to the AKH first thing in the morning because the tear in my heart valve had gotten bigger,” said the master builder. The operation was then carried out immediately using the clip method via the vein, which is used to perform heart surgery through the skin instead of cutting open the body. “The team led by Professor Philipp Bartko then used a probe to place two clips on the torn heart valve via the vein, thus stabilizing it,” said Lugner.
