Henrik Lundqvist had previously announced he would miss the upcoming season due to a heart condition. Today he announced he will undergo open heart surgery.
Seeing him go into the specifics of the work he was having done isn’t something I have seen most athletes do, so I wanted to see what the procedure he’s having done entails.
It should go without saying that I am not a doctor, and it is quite possible that Lundqvist’s overall condition is less severe.
According to the Mayo Clinic:
The aortic valve helps keep blood flowing in the correct direction through the heart.