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James Reynolds recovering from heart surgery
Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:21:06 AM
by Dan J Kroll
Two-time Emmy nominee James Reynolds is resting at home following heart surgery. The 54-year-old actor and his wife are updating fans on his healing process via an Internet web site. The actor is expected to miss about a month-and-a-half of work while he recuperates.
Emmy-nominated Days of our Lives veteran
James Reynolds (
Abe Carver) is recovering from heart surgery. The actor underwent heart valve replacement surgery on May 24th.
"Jim had pulmonary valve stenosis, a congenital disorder," a rep for Reynolds tells
soapcentral
.com. "It is one of the more common heart birth defects, occurring in about one of every ten children."
According to the
Mayo Clinic, a pulmonary valve stenosis is "a narrowing of the pulmonary valve, the flap that separates the lower right chamber (right ventricle) of your heart from the pulmonary artery." A constriction, known as a stenosis, forces the heart to pump harder to push the blood through the valve.
The 54-year-old Reynolds will be off of Days of our Lives for about six weeks while he recovers. He is expected to make a full recovery, as treatment is seen as highly effective.
Fans can track Reynolds' recovery on his very own blog site. Both Reynolds and wife Lissa will be updating fans on the actors' recovery at
jrrecovery.com.
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