Doctor for Fetterman says lieutenant governor, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee has cardiomyopathy
Posted on AllSides June 3rd, 2022
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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman — also the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee — who suffered a stroke last month also had a previously undisclosed heart condition that prompted doctors to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator into his heart.
His campaign released a letter from a doctor on Friday afternoon, saying that Fetterman, 52, has cardiomyopathy, which makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. The statement was the first public comment made by a doctor for Fetterman since he disclosed the stroke on May 15.
Ramesh R. Chandra, a cardiologist at Alliance...