McCartney's secret op

Ex-Beatle has heart surgery

Daily Mirror.co.uk 02/01/2008

 

Sir Paul McCartney has had a secret heart operation, it was revealed last night.

 

The 65-year-old had a coronary angioplasty, which opens up arteries and allows greater flow of blood.

 

It was performed in a private hospital in the autumn after he saw a Harley Street specialist at the London Clinic. The former Beatle is said to have recovered well.

 

Macca appeared on Jools Holland's BBC2 New Year Special and sang his hit Dance Tonight with Kylie Minogue.

 

It had been rumoured for months that Macca had heart problems. A close friend said: "Paul felt there was something not quite right and luckily sought professional help.

 

"It's not something that can be left to chance. Thankfully the operation went well and Paul feels great."

 

In the procedure surgeons pass a fine tube in through the groin and up to the aorta. A small balloon at the end of the tube is inflated to squash fatty deposits clogging the arteries.

 

Around 40,000 angioplasty ops are carried out every year in the UK.

 

Sir Paul's spokesman said last night: "It was a routine medical operation."

 

Macca and estranged wife Heather Mills, 39, face a five-day High Court hearing next month to thrash out a divorce settlement.

 

Any thoughts on this news?

Just goes to prove he is no different from the rest of us, sounds like a fairly routine op nowadays.

I didn't know this. It must have been hard for his recovery though, having to deal with all the stress he's had over his divorce.