Barbara Walters Announces Heart Surgery

Barbara Walters announced on The View that she is going to have heart surgery this week. INSIDE EDITION reports.
Barbara Walters is facing a medical drama. She announced on The View that she's having heart surgery.
"Later this week, I'm going to have surgery to replace one faulty heart valve," she said.
The 80-year-old TV legend says she's known about the heart problem for several months, but kept it secret. She informed her co-hosts on The View moments before the show started.
Walters didn't reveal too many details of her condition, but cardiologist Dr. Nieca Goldberg says a valve replacement is a major procedure.
"If someone has a severely narrow valve and they don't have surgery, that can cause them to faint, collapse, have a heart attack, or have heart failure," Dr. Goldberg tells INSIDE EDITION. "If a really active 80-year-old person is functioning and working and has a full life, generally the outcome is very good."
Walters says she's going to take the summer off to recuperate. Her co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked her if she was she scared.
"Well, am I scared? Nobody wants to have this kind of surgery, it's not elective," said Walters.
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