#199 Tyler Clary, Olympic Champ, opens up about heart surgery

At the 2012 London Olympics, Tyler Clary won the 200 Backstroke.   

Nine years later, he underwent successful open heart surgery to fix a leaky aortic valve. For every pint of blood his heart tried to pump, ½ a pint flowed backwards.  

He won Olympic gold with a heart operating at only 70% efficiency.   

Unbelievable.  

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00:00 Swimming Sponsors
04:00 Heart murmur
08:30 Aortic valve replacement
16:50 Asymptomatic
22:00 Open heart surgery
25:00 Sternum
27:30 Pain
32:00 Cardiac output
34:30 Brain fog
35:00 Prognosis

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