HELENA, Montana (Reuters) – "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson, who is under fire over allegations he fabricated much of his story, is recovering from open heart surgery, a representative said on Thursday.
Mortenson, 53, underwent the surgery last week to repair a very large hole in his heart, or an atrial septal defect, said Anne Beyersdorfer, the acting executive director of Mortenson's Montana-based charity, the Central Asia Institute.
The operation also repaired an aneurysm, which is a bulge in a blood vessel. The author has suffered from hypoxia -- a condition marked by a lack of oxygen -- for the past year, Beyersdorfer said.
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