Overview
- Rick Harrison, 61, was discharged and is recuperating at home after an emergency coronary bypass that doctors performed during a planned stent procedure earlier this week.
- Physicians escalated the treatment when they discovered a more severe arterial blockage during the initial intervention and decided a bypass was needed to restore blood flow.
- A family spokesperson told U.S. entertainment outlets that Harrison is doing well, is grateful to the medical team, and is being supported at home by his wife and relatives.
- Reports identify the hospital involved as MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, though the family has asked that further medical details be kept private.
- Harrison is best known as a principal figure on History Channel’s Pawn Stars and recent coverage has placed this hospitalization in the context of previous family traumas and public attention.