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 Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight
champion Randy Couture suffered a heart attack recently but has already had
surgery and left the hospital under his own power. He sent the following
statement to ESPN by way of his lawyer, Sam Spira: “Contrary to recent rumors, I
have not kicked the bucket yet. I am alive and well. Special thanks to the
amazing staff at Cedars Sinai Hospital. From the ER to cardiac ICU, thanks for
taking care of me. I’m one of those people that have crazy thick blood and
nominally high bad cholesterol. Unfortunately, those two factors combined to
create a nice c lot occluding my diagonal artery. The Cath Lab got right on it,
cleared it out and placed a stint in its place. Thanks to all of you out there
expressing your concern. Your love and support mean the world to me and my
family. Live your lives to the fullest. You never know when you’ll draw that
last breath in!” Couture had been working out at his Hollywood gym when he
started feeling funny. He thought he has either separated a rib so he walked to
the closest ER where he was told after getting an EKG he had suffered a mild
heart attack. After the surgery he walked home since he lived close by.
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