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NBA all-time scoring leader Abdul-Jabbar evaluated for dizziness after surgery

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Feb 15, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; NBA former player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the NBA All Star skill …

(Reuters) - Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was evaluated and released from the emergency department of a Los Angeles-area hospital on Wednesday, about two weeks after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center said.

Abdul-Jabbar, 68, had felt dizzy and called his doctor, who advised him to come to the emergency room Wednesday morning, the medical center said.

Tests revealed no complications from the surgery, and Abdul-Jabbar was sent home to continue his recovery, the hospital said.