Kris Letang was absent from practice yesterday and the issue was much bigger than that. The Penguins announced their defensemen “had successful closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole in the heart). The procedure was performed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital by interventional cardiologist Dr. Conrad Smith.”
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang underwent successful surgery to close a patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart).
The expected recovery time is four to six weeks.https://t.co/OBIHf6RlSs— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 16, 2025The team listed recovery time at 4-6 weeks, which seems like an awfully short amount of time as far as having heart surgery goes.