Veteran
actor
Deepti
Naval
underwent
angioplasty
at
a
hospital
in
Mohali
on
Monday.
She
was
discharged
from
the
medical
facility
on
Tuesday,
and
is
"perfectly
fine
now."
Earlier,
there
were
reports
that
Deepti
suffered
a
heart
attack
in
Manali.
However,
she
later
clarified
that
it
was
a
heart
symptom.
She
was
quoted
as
saying
by
PTI,
"That's
true
(about
the
angioplasty)
and
I'm
perfectly
fine
now."
She
also
spoke
to
Mumbai
Mirror
about
the
same
and
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Yes,
I
was
at
the
Fortis
in
Chandigarh,
and
had
a
small
procedure
which
was
done
due
to
a
health
hazard.
It's
being
very
well
taken
care
of.
I
will
be
going
back
as
a
happier
person."
Dr
RK
Jaswal,
director,
Cath
Lab,
Fortis
Hospital,
who
operated
upon
her,
told
Hindustan
Times,
''She
underwent
stenting
of
the
left
anterior
descending
artery,
utilising
the
advanced
imaging
technology
optical
coherence
tomograph."
For
the
unversed,
coronary
angioplasty
is
a
medical
procedure
in
which
a
balloon
is
used
to
open
a
blockage
in
a
coronary
(heart)
artery
narrowed
by
atherosclerosis.
The
actress
has
been
in
Rohtang
for
the
past
one
month.
Deepti
Naval
made
her
debut
in
the
film
industry
with
Shyam
Benegal's
1978
film
Junoon.
She
spearheaded
her
career
in
parallel
cinema
with
films
like
Chashme
Buddoor,
Ankahee,
Mirch
Masala,
Katha,
Firaaq,
among
others.
The
veteran
actor
was
last
seen
in
Amazon
Prime
Video's
web
series
Made
in
Heaven.