Jeremy Clarkson rushed for heart surgery after sudden health deterioration
JEREMY Clarkson has revealed he underwent life-saving heart surgery following a "sudden deterioration" in his health.
The 64-year-old Clarkson's Farm presenter said he experienced worrying symtoms such as feeling "clammy", "tightness in my chest", and "pins and needles in my left arm".
The Sun columnist said he was alerted to changes while on holiday after he struggled to walk up the stairs following an "attempt" at swimming.
Recalling Alex Salmond's recent fatal heart attack, Jeremy immediately sought medical advice when he returned to the UK.
He revealed in his Sunday Times column an ambulance rushed him to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital where tests ruled out a heart attack.
However, further examinations revealed one artery was fully blocked and another was nearly blocked, putting him at serious risk.
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The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host said he was then taken to surgery for urgent treatment.
A stent was inserted into the blocked artery to keep it open and restore blood flow to the heart.
He wrote: "It wasn’t especially painful. Just odd," and said he thought at the time, "Crikey, that was close."
The TV star previously said he is worried about his health and admitted: "I don't have long left".
He said in an interview with The Guardian in April: "I don’t have long. I’ve probably only got what, 70,000 hours left, maybe?"
He also shared his fears over developing dementia, telling The Times his "memory is shot" and his hearing loss "doubled his chance" of getting the disease.
He added: "My brain is having to use a huge amount of computing power trying to fill in the bits of speech it hasn't been able to hear.
"Which is hard when it's simultaneously trying to remember where I put my spectacles."