Rosie O'Donnell I Had a Secret Heart Attack Last Week 
 
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 suffered a major heart attack last week but kept it a secret ... until now, when she revealed the whole scary ordeal on her blog ... as a poem.In a post on Rosie's official blog dated August 20 ... the comedian drops a bombshell with an entry titled "" ... in which she explains how she went into cardiac arrest and didn't even realize it.In the post she explains (in poem form) ... she experienced chest pains, clammy skin, and vomiting ... she then took an aspirin -- but never bothered to call 911.The next day she went to see a cardiologist and was informed by her doctor that her symptoms were a result of a "widow maker" heart attack.She says in the post, "50% of women having heart attacks never call 911 ... 200,000 women die of heart attacks every year in the US ... by some miracle I was not one of them.
– Rosie O'Donnell had a life-threatening heart attack last week and didn't even know it, TMZ reports. The comedian describes the incident as a poem on her blog, saying she had chest pains, vomited, and gobbled an aspirin, but never called emergency services. A cardiologist told her the next day that she'd suffered a "widow maker" heart attack. A few lines from Rosie's poem: my LAD was 99% blocked they call this type of heart attack the Widow maker i am lucky to be here know the symptoms ladies listen to the voice inside the one we all so easily ignore CALL 911 save urself See more about Rosie's health scare.