US EditionRoberto Carlos reportedly undergoes heart surgery while on vacation in Brazil
- Roberto Carlos, the 52-year-old former Brazil and Real Madrid defender, underwent heart surgery on Wednesday in a São Paulo-area hospital while on vacation in Brazil, Diario AS reported.
- Roberto Carlos went for tests for a leg thrombus, and a full-body MRI showed significant heart dysfunction, prompting immediate surgery by his medical team.
- What was planned as a 40-minute procedure extended to almost three hours due to complications during the catheter insertion procedure, but surgeons were able to stabilise him.
- He remains in stable condition and will be kept under observation for 48 hours, with Carlos’s entourage saying they are calm, MARCA predicts monitoring for two days.
- As a global football legend who made 527 appearances for Madrid, Roberto Carlos earned 127 appearances for Brazil, winning the 2002 World Cup and now serves as a Real Madrid ambassador.
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'I am recovering well': Roberto Carlos shares health update following heart attack rumours
Real Madrid and Brazil legend Roberto Carlos recently took to social media and provided a health update for his fans. It is worth noting that rumours had been spreading that Carlos had suffered a heart attack and had been admitted to the hospital. Addressing the rumours, the former Brazilian full-back claimed that there is no cause for concern, and he had been admitted to the hospital for preventive measures. According to the report, he had und…
Brazilian football star Roberto Carlos was hospitalized on New Year's Eve.
Roberto Carlos kept the world worried. Real Madrid's exlateral team and the Brazilian team had to go through a medical procedure that kept his thousands of followers alive all over the world. According to medical reports, in the framework of a magnetic nuclear resonance in connection with a thrombosis in one of his legs, the medical team that cared for him found that an important percentage of his heart did not work. In view of this situation, i…
The former player of Real Madrid, and Brazilian international was operated after heart problems were detected during a medical examination. The operation took place successfully and it remains in observation in a hospital in São Paulo.
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