LOS ANGELES : Ferraro Recovering After Heart Surgery
City Council President John Ferraro was recovering at Good Samaritan Hospital on Monday after quadruple heart bypass surgery and the installation of a heart defibrillator, a spokeswoman said.
Ferraro, 68, who was in surgery for about nine hours on Monday, was expected to spend at least a month recovering at the hospital and at home before returning to the council, said his spokeswoman, Erin Egge.
“The defibrillator is in; it tested well and the doctor is pleased,” Egge said. “If all goes well, he’ll be back at work in early August.”
Doctors recommended installation of the device to stabilize Ferraro’s heartbeat and to augment medication that he had been taking since a quadruple bypass in 1979.
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