Overview
- A whole‑body MRI revealed cardiac dysfunction while the 52-year-old was being evaluated for a small clot in his leg during a holiday stay in Brazil.
- He underwent an urgent catheter procedure that was planned for about 40 minutes but ran nearly three hours due to intraoperative complications.
- The operation concluded successfully, and he is out of immediate danger under strict hospital observation for at least 48 hours, according to EFE and Real Madrid sources.
- From his hospital bed, Roberto Carlos said the intervention was a preventive, preplanned procedure and that he did not suffer a heart attack.
- Some early commentary described the episode as an infarct, a claim later contradicted by the player’s statement and subsequent reporting.