Dr. John Warner, the president of American Heart Association suffered
a minor heart attack on Monday during the organization’s scientific
conference that held in Anaheim, California.
Warner who is the CEO of UT Southwestern University Hospitals in
Dallas, was taken to a local hospital where doctors inserted a stent to
open a clogged artery. He is recovering and doing well, according to the
Heart Association.
Before the attack, the 52-year-old practicing cardiologist delivered a
weekend speech where he talked about the effects of heart disease on
his family. Both his father and his father’s father had heart bypass
surgery while in their 60s, he told the audience. He also lost his
maternal grandfather and a great grandfather to heart disease.