Arnold Schwarzenegger is undergoing heart surgery "to replace a pulmonic valve that was originally replaced due to a congenital heart defect in 1997.
That 1997 replacement valve was never meant to be permanent and has outlived its life expectancy, so he chose to replace it yesterday through a less-invasive catheter valve replacement.
Doctors were prepared in case the catheter valve replacement failed ... and quickly decided Arnold needed emergency open-heart surgery, which we're told lasted several hours.
At the time doctors didn't feel the procedure was urgently needed, but Arnold decided to do it while he was still young.
Let us wish him quick recovery..
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