Overview
- He felt light‑headed during an early‑morning walk near his Braddock home, fell, and was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital with minor facial injuries, his office said.
- He is doing well under routine observation and chose to remain hospitalized so physicians can fine‑tune his medication regimen.
- Medical experts note ventricular fibrillation is a dangerous arrhythmia, and say his implanted defibrillator likely detected and corrected the episode.
- Fetterman’s health history includes a 2022 stroke, implantation of a pacemaker‑defibrillator, and a 2023 inpatient stay for clinical depression.
- He had recently returned to Pennsylvania after voting with Republicans to reopen the government and has been promoting his new memoir.