CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Kris Letang, who turns 38 next week, has endured enough health ailments to make even the most hardened doctors grimace. He’s had two strokes, major neck surgery ...

WITH THE EXPLANATION FROM THE PENGUINS. KRIS LETANG HAS BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL WITH A HOLE IN HIS HEART. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HIS FIRST STROKE BACK IN 2014. ON TUESDAY.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Kris Letang, 37, had heart surgery for a birth defect. The surgery was successful. Letang hopes to play again in the NHL. He discovered the issue in 2014 after a stroke.

A day after Kris Letang underwent successful closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole in the heart), which has an expected recovery time of 4-6 weeks, he was at UPMC Lemieux Sports ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang had successful surgery to repair a hole in his heart, the team’s president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas, said in a news release ...

The Penguins have announced that defenseman and alternate captain Kris Letang has undergone successful surgery. According to the team, Letang had surgery to close a patent foramen ovale ...

Penguins defenseman Kris Letang underwent successful surgery to close a patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart). The surgery was done to close the patent foramen ovale (PFO), which ...

And defenseman Kris Letang - fresh off successful surgery to repair a hole in his heart - also did not participate. Head coach Mike Sullivan said that Letang's surgery was not reactionary and that ...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang underwent successful heart surgery, the team announced Wednesday morning. The surgery was to close a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which the team described ...

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris Letang (58) skates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Email Newsletters ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang's season is over. The 19-year veteran will miss Pittsburgh's finale against Washington on Thursday night after undergoing a procedure ...