Larry King was hospitalized last week for suffering from angina pectoris or chest pain. He underwent angioplasty, but did not have a heart attack or cardiac arrest, contrary to what was said before.
In a statement issued Monday afternoon by King's production studio, Ora TV, it was confirmed that King was still hospitalized, but all questions regarding his health issues were cleared up.
"On the morning of Thursday, April 23, Larry King was scheduled for angioplasty, before the scheduled surgery, he had angina pectoris and went to the hospital early for examination", read in the release. "His doctor managed angioplasty and inserted stents to reopen the previous bypass of 1987. He is recovering at the hospital and should be released shortly."
"His doctors are waiting for him to recover completely," the statement said. "To be clear, and contrary to published information, his doctors say that he did not have a heart attack and that he did not go into cardiac arrest."
"Larry is in a good mood and thanks everyone for his concern," the statement said. "He should be back to work on his series," Larry King Now "and" PoliticKING and Larry King "soon."
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Washington DC. 3-16-1993 CNN's Larry King arrives at the DInner Radio and TV Correspondent Meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Larry King is an American television and radio host, actor, vocal artist and comedian whose work has won two awards, including two Peabodys and 10 ACE Cable Awards. He started as a journalist and radio interviewer in Florida in the 1950s and 1960s and became a national broadcaster open all night from 1978. From 1985 to 2010, he has (Photo by Mark Reinstein / Corbis via Getty Images)
Larry King and Rudolph Giuliani (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)
Actress Angie Dickinson and television personality Larry King attend the ACE Awards Luncheon on January 19, 1987 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
Television personality Larry King and actress Angie Dickinson attend the ACE Awards luncheon on January 20, 1987 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
Larry King at the 8th edition of the Cable ACE Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
date and Larry King (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)
Larry King at the Partners In Progress Leukemia Society evening at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
Larry King at the 10th edition of the Cable ACE Awards at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – 1990: CNN host Larry King poses in his hotel room during a photo-portrait session in Beverly Hills, California, in 1990. The show One hour of King's television is seen by millions of people around the world. (Photo by George Rose / Getty Images)
Around 1990, Larry King, American presenter of the talk show with his sixth wife, Julie Alexander. They divorced in 1992. (Photo by Darlene Hammond / Getty Images)
Ross Perot (D) joins Larry King (G) in his first live television interview on July 17, since his resignation from the presidential race. It's on CNN's Larry King Show that Perot announced for the first time that he was running for president if volunteers put his name on the ballot. (The photo credit should match MARIA BASTONE / AFP / Getty Images)
Larry King at the Museum of Television and Radio presents a television and radio celebration at Waldorf Astoria in New York, New York, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – JANUARY 16: Talk show host Larry King and actress Jane Fonda attend Katharine Hepburn's "Universal City": January 16, 1993, at Alfred Hitchcock Theater, at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
LOS ANGELES – OCTOBER 7: Actor Marlon Brando presents one, the host of the television show Larry King, during the recording of "The Larry King Show", recorded in the house from Brando to Coldwater Canyon on October 7, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joan Adlen / Getty Images)
Larry King at the 15th Cable ACE Awards at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, California, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – APRIL 18: Actress Jane Fonda, businessman Ted Turner, talk show host and guest attend first annual US Oceans campaign partner award tribute to Ted Turner on April 18, 1994 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
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TMZ had previously reported that the 85-year-old talk show host had a heart attack last Thursday at home.
The former CNN character had already been a victim of heart attacks twice, including one more than 30 years ago, in 1987. TMZ reports that he has been suffering from respiratory problems for six months, but that ## EQU1 ## 39, he had not been diagnosed officially.
King appeared for the last time at a public event in February.
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