Overview
- The Pennsylvania senator said on X that he is back home and thanked UPMC after what he called a full recovery.
- He was evaluated and observed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as physicians adjusted his medication regimen.
- A spokesperson said he became light‑headed on a walk near his Braddock home, fell, and sustained facial injuries requiring 20 stitches.
- Fetterman posted a recovery selfie showing the stitches and wrote that he plans to return to Washington, D.C.
- Reports noted that ventricular fibrillation can be life‑threatening and placed the episode in the context of his 2022 stroke, prior atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy disclosures, and 2023 treatment for depression.