Celebrities With Heart Conditions
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Alex TrebekSuffered a minor heart attack at 67 years old in 2007
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Barbara WaltersUnderwent aortic valve replacement to correct a faulty heart valve in 2010
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(photo credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Barneys New York)
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Bert ReynoldsUnderwent a quintuple bypass surgery in 2010
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Bill ClintonSuffered from chest pains and had two stents placed in a coronary artery in 2011
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Bret MichaelsSuffered a mini-stroke leading to a hole in his heart needing repair in 2011
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Charlie RoseUnderwent surgery to repair a heart valve in 2002 and then again in 2006
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David LettermanUnderwent emergency quintuple bypass surgery at 52 years old in 2000
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Dick CheneySuffered from five heart attacks and received a mechanical heart pump in 2011
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Jennie GarthExperiences heart fluttering that could create complications when she gets older
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Kelsey GrammerSuffered a minor heart attack after physical exertion in 2008
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Larry KingSuffered from a heart attack and underwent quintuple bypass surgery in 1987
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Miley CyrusDiagnosed as a child with tachycardia, a heart condition that causes her heart to beat faster than normal
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Regis PhilbinUnderwent triple bypass surgery at 75 years old in 2002
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Robin WilliamsExperienced shortness of breath and had aortic valve replacement surgery in 2009
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Shaun WhiteBorn with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect that affects the way blood flows through the heart
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(photo credit: Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for RS)
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Toni BraxtonSuffered chest pains and diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of tissue surrounding the heart, in 2003
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