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From the Oscars Red Carpet to Open Heart Surgery: What Variety’s Marc Malkin Wants You to Know About His Life-Saving Journey

Variety's Marc Malkin writes about what he wants you to know about his life-saving open heart surgery.

In the past, I spent my post-Academy Awards days and nights getting much needed rest and relaxation after a seemingly endless cycle of red carpets, FYC panels and events and parties. Until then I was seeing my cardiologist, Dr. Erika Jones at Cedars-Sinai, on a regular basis to treat and monitor high blood pressure and cholesterol (you know, the usual middle-age things). Megna suggested I consider having the David procedure, an open-heart surgery in which the aneurysm is cut out and the aortic root is reinforced with a synthetic graft.

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