Arnold Schwarzenegger in Stable Condition After a Planned Heart Surgery

Variety.com: Arnold Schwarzenegger is in stable condition after undergoing heart surgery on Thursday in Los Angeles.

“I’m back,” Schwarzenegger said immediately after awakening from the procedure, according to his spokesman, Daniel Ketchell.

TMZ first reported that the former governor of California underwent emergency open-heart surgery, but Ketchell released a statement on Twitter that the procedure was planned.

My statement on Governor @Schwarzenegger’s procedure. pic.twitter.com/7RoVtHN43c

— Daniel Ketchell (@ketch) March 30, 2018