‘I never even felt bad’

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LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey is ready to lead the reigning champion Tigers through another season. (Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports). (USA TODAY USPW / reuters)

LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey revealed that she underwent a heart procedure this summer while talking to reporters Monday during her first media availability of the 2023-24 season.

The 61-year-old had the procedure in late June after seeing a doctor for a separate, minor issue. Instead, she learned she was at risk of a heart attack due to a coronary artery that had 95-99% blockage.

“I never even felt bad,” Mulkey said, via ESPN. “I’m still kind of in shock that we accidentally found this. So my message in sharing this is, if you’re over 50, go get a stress test.”

She was “bored” enough to go to the doctor after leading LSU to the NCAA title in May. Shortly into the offseason, she noticed a persisting tingle in the top of her middle finger.

Mulkey went to have it checked and was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. While she was there, she asked to have her neck scanned. She wanted to make sure things were still good after a disc-replacement surgery she had in 2018.

After being told it looked fine, a radiologist called to say he examined her X-rays further and noticed what seemed to be plaque in her carotid arteries. She then visited a cardiologist, who put her on a treadmill for a stress test.

“Then he said, ‘I don’t like the way this isn’t pumping faster; it looks like there’s a little blockage going on. We’ve got to do a cath,'” Mulkey recalled.

In the interest of her summer plans, which included a trip to the White House to be recognized with her team, her medical team pushed the surgery out a month. She was given nitroglycerin pills for any chest pain in the meantime.

Once her schedule settled down, she reportedly underwent a left heart catheterization with coronary arteriograms and had an intervascular ultrasound-assisted tandem stent placed on the left anterior descending artery. She…

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Publish date : 2023-09-26 20:58:17

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