Singer Amy Grant is on the mend after undergoing open-heart surgery to correct a rare heart condition she’s had since childhood, but only recently discovered during a medical exam.
According to Grant’s publicist, a routine checkup revealed a diagnosis of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) during a routine checkup, in which one or two of the pulmonary veins of the heart drain blood into the right atrium instead of the left atrium, causing causes oxygen-rich blood to flow back to the lungs instead of on to the rest of the body. “She had open heart surgery to correct a condition from birth the doctors discovered during a heart check up called PAPVR,” a rep for Grant told Today.
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