Egyptian singer Mohamed El Helou undergoes emergency heart surgery after cardiac arrest

Singer Mohamed El Helou has undergone emergency heart surgery in Cairo after his heart stopped twice during an acute health crisis.

• El Helou suffered a severe health crisis after feeling angina symptoms and was rushed to a hospital, where his heart stopped twice before doctors revived him.
• A close friend said catheterization found one main artery fully blocked and another 90% blocked, prompting doctors to place five stents in a procedure lasting over four hours.
• Head of the Musicians Syndicate Mustafa Kamel announced that El Helou had left the operating room after the surgery concluded.
• El Helou was transferred to intensive care and remains under medical observation, his friend said.