SOUTHLAND : Hackman Avoids Heart Attack
Actor Gene Hackman narrowly avoided a heart attack when he checked into a Portland, Ore., hospital complaining of chest pain, his doctor said today.
“We think we got him just in the nick of time,” Dr. Herbert Semler said at a news conference after he treated the actor for partial blockage of a coronary blood vessel.
Hackman, 60, was vacationing on the Oregon coast when he began suffering the pain. He was admitted Tuesday to St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center.
Semler said Hackman suffered from a narrowing of an artery leading to the heart. The doctor said he inserted a balloon catheter into the artery.
Semler said he is recommending an exercise and diet plan for Hackman, who lives in Beverly Hills.
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