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Local furniture store owner and personality Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ McIngvale announced this week that he will soon undergo open-heart surgery for a leaky mitral valve.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/12/05/507903/mattress-mack-open-heart-surgery-its-hell-getting-old/

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Mattress Mack to have open-heart surgery: ‘It’s hell getting old’

Without proper treatment, a leaky mitral valve can cause irregular heart rhythm and heart failure, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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Dec 5, 2024 at 5:14pmHPM Postbot
Show threadbubbajetDec 5, 2024
@houstonpublicmedia Pretty sure it’s because his heart is three sizes too small.