HEART ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT HAS HEART ATTACK

John Warner, the president of the American Heart Association, is recovering after he suffered a heart attack at a heart health conference. On Monday, Warner, pictured, was attending a major gathering of heart scientists in Anaheim, Calif., when he suffered what was described as a “mild heart attack.” “He was taken to a local hospital, where doctors inserted a stent to open a clogged artery,” read a statement by the American Heart Association. Warner, 52, is a Dallas-based interventional cardiologist with a long clinical history of some of the precise conditions that afflicted him on Monday, including early-onset heart attacks. He also comes from a family that is uniquely susceptible to heart disease. Association CEO Nancy Brown noted the event is clear evidence that cardiac events “still happen anytime and anywhere.”