Barbara Walters on Heart Surgery, 'A Matter of Life and Death' 2/4/2011

Barbara Walters tells the story of her heart surgery and the risks women face.

[@imlovely6522]

She outlived most of the people she interviewed, what a legend .... May she rest peacefully. ❤🕊

[@freddyhoyt1849]

Barbra was the amazing woman who paved the way for the women today she will be missed so much I grew up watching her

[@dianafowler791]

Rest in peace Barbara. My deepest condolences to your Family and Friends and everyone that loved you dearly. Love you Barbara. 🙏🙏🙏.

[@derekdolcy5839]

Yes indeed 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🌹🌹🌹🥺🥺💜💜

[@froggyme5760]

I am speechless ... But now she sleeps in the hands of God Rest in peace 🙏 🪦 😌 Barbara Walter ❤️🙏

[@cindyrolle6476]

RIP Barbara. What a great human being.

[@mickobrien3156]

Dr. Smith performed valve replacement surgery on my father. I felt confident my dad was in good hands with Dr. Smith because if a U.S. President picked him, he was clearly the finest heart surgeon around. My dad's surgery was successful and lasted nearly a decade until he got bladder cancer. He died on June 20, 2015, just over a month after being diagnosed. I believe the pills he had to take caused his bladder cancer. He always said how the blood pressure medication made him urinate more frequently than before. And he gets bladder cancer? Coincidence? We'll never know but basically once you're in your 80's you're really on thin ice and vulnerable to everything. Aging is scary and it's not for wimps. My dad died at age 82 (1933-2015). Well, that's my heart surgery story.

[@javiervalverde2374]

I'm so sorry for your loss Mick 💔. Yes I think your dad getting bladder cancer and the pills he had to take after heart surgery are connected. It's not a coincidence. It's a direct connection in my view.

[@bravesoul5743]

So deeply sorry for the loss of you father 😔🙏

[@auramac]

@@javiervalverde2374 Not necessarily, and don't feel bad about it. Yes, aging is not for wimps. We fight to go the distance.

[@mnoir8888]

I remember every second of being in the hospital. It was the most painful and awful thing I ever had to go through. How she can be so positive and chirpy about it is beyond me.

[@DonnaBalbierer]

Dr. Smith did my surgery. Never felt so confident in a doctor EVER

[@LeslieShaff-ud1ty]

My wife had this same surgery in 😮😮2015. Having gone thru it with her, I declined open heart for my 70-90 % blockages - all three heart arteries. 2nd opinion and investigating totally endoscopic bypass surgery (not eligible). Ended up with stenting with impella assist (catheter with tiny propeller helping heart). Good quality of life a year later. BUT on the way I found out they now can do TAVR (transcatheter aerotic valve replacement) thru the groin like stenting. Minimaly invasive. 80 years old widowerer retired engineer not an Md. But like Dr Sanjay Gupta says "work with your doctors.😊

[@derekdolcy5839]

She was my mom's favorite on 20 20 abc news

[@yvonneost12]

Don't really watch this woman ,, but that was a really nice story , I wish her well, regards from Sydney , Australia .

[@operskapevacica1]

My friend is being operated right now by Dr. Smith. Met him today. He's the best!

[@derekdolcy5839]

Rip 😭😭🙏🙏🙏 Barbara Walters may u rest in peace. ❤️❤️💜🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥺🥺🥺

[@IFIXCASTLES]

Amazing surgery. I had quadruple bypass and now feel great!

[@jojober1980]

thank you Babrara, glad u r doing well since surgery, m husband getting that tomorrow, scared for him

[@bigd8155]

JoJo Ber How did your husband make out ..?

[@iDalisMediaTV]

You are watching a video of one of the best storytellers of our time. You will be missed Barbra thank you for being such a great example to women everywhere and keeping us informed.

[@AndyMarchy333]

Thanks Barbara ........ i've just been though something simular and its nice to hear your version of events

[@KingJackson11355]

Rest in heaven ❤

[@johnflynn9619]

Barbara was a brilliant journalist. The Very Best. RIP

[@julierichardson6193]

this is why nurses are so important

[@guynellerandle9742]

This is also MY story. It’s almost identical to my personal experience. My outcome is not as great as hers was. I had 2 heart valves replaced, the MAZE procedure, but it didn’t cure my afib. I still have afib and I’m working hard to get rid of it and get back to normal.

[@bethelle9099]

I had mild AFib symptoms from a teenager. I have a form of epilepsy and just figured that it was a quirky neurological symptom. No doctor ever detected it until I was hospitalized at the age of 55 with severe Lyme disease in which they did tests on my heart. They said my mitral valve was leaking and that at some time it would need replacement. The Lyme had caused my mitral valve to flutter all through the day, every day. It was awful! Until getting that bad case of Lyme, it only fluttered maybe once a months and only skipped a couple of beats. I was a listener of the A Jones show and he had just marketed a deep earth crystal form of iodine called Nascent iodine. I wanted to take it because I was concerned about the radiation coming across the globe from the Nuclear accident in Japan, Fukushima. As soon as I took a first dose, I felt tingling in my thyroid. The next day, I felt it there again. The third day my thyroid felt full. The next day, it was clear, it had a direct effect of my valve. No more fluttering or jumping. As long as I take a dose, at least every other day, there are NO symptoms of AFib. I consider A Jones and his product. LIFE SAVERS!!!!! If I hadn't been concerned for my thyroid AND a listener of his show, I think I would have also had a second heart attack (had one in 2007) and probably wouldn't be among the living to talk about it!!! I absolutely believe that EVERYTHING that our bodies needs, is here on this planet. It is a matter of the right remedy, in the right combination and amount at the right time. I have gotten my 96 yr old dad off of most of his needless meds that the inept docs were pushing on him. Thanks to my research and God's given plants he no longer has any symptoms of heart or kidney disease. PLEASE buy some organic Nascent iodine and try it. I do not think that you will be disappointed. You won't find any doctor that will encourage or direct you to do it natures way!!!!!.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

I had 9 surgeries before the age of 40, 6 of them being intestinal resections, the last one nearly killing me due to massive post-op infections. 😮

[@matthewkaczer1459]

I hope she's doing ok, always a favourite growing up watching her.

[@jackchen7003]

She’s doing fine, she’s 92 now

[@matthewkaczer1459]

@@jackchen7003 just because you're alive doesn't mean you're fine or well at all. She is having health issues that started a few years ago.

[@youminholastransit3218]

@@matthewkaczer1459 I talked to her doorman a few days ago. Barbara is blind. She can no longer go out anymore, and is why she hasn’t posted on social media recently. Other than that, she is doing ok.

[@Mariofan2479]

She just passed away

[@jeromegasser9631]

What an accomplished life. So don’t be sad everyone would like to have such a good and intéressant life . She was happy

[@LuPiTaDelBaRrO]

I'm 40 years old and I'm afraid to have this surgery I live. 7 yrs with 7 stents or balloons on passed away this past December I was present when she when into cardiac attack after 11 yrs with that surgery she died for 7 minutes they brought her back but she last me only 2 more hrs to say goodbye 😥 after that I got 2 💓 attacks now I'm afraid to go under surgery seen my cardio this March 27 to make a decition ...

[@My2CentsYall]

the surgery added another decade to her life.

[@jaygold4467]

Thank you Barbara. I'm going in next week for my bypass.

[@maritzamartinez3948]

I went into the hospital on Monday and was out by Friday. I took six weeks before going back to work. I am glad for you.

[@bluedragon4]

10 years ago. She's in her 90's now and hasn't been seen since 2016 in public.

[@jackchen7003]

She’s 92 now, it’s amazing how she’s just disappeared now

[@bronsonplatter6180]

3:15 I like that voice

[@xiomanaxoxoxo3212]

I love you Barbara you are my idol!!! xoxoxo

[@herukusnadi665]

Thanks Barbara! For saringan!

[@jackchen7003]

RIP Barbara Walters. She could’ve died almost 12 years ago

[@yandia77]

She was blessed with an extra 12years. She lived a full life🙏🏾🕊❤

[@barbaradouglas2283]

I was shocked when I heard about her death, but then, to learn that she was 93 yrs of age! Whoa 😲. Really, it’s proven to be shocking how many people are & have passed away this year 2022. Eww. Kinda scary to say the least. Barbara Walters u no longer can hear anything anymore cause u are now sound asleep in death. Rest In Peace. You’ll be missed alright. G’bye. 👋

[@iiencarriere2664]

I had two valves replaced at once. Aortic and Mitral

[@randycox3521]

Fatigue, breathing, focus, healing,fibulation ,ect..

[@SeaTurtle515]

Special lady.

[@sheilawhite8314]

she is in the same as me my values were clear but I have left part of my heart is enlarged so extra fluid and blood tablets

[@sheilawhite8314]

I know I have got congestive heart failure nearly 2 years ago. so on lots of tablets so now pretty not nice

[@iiencarriere2664]

Dr Gideon Cohen did my open heart surgery. One of the best in Canada 🇨🇦

[@ignatiusjk]

OK I have a tech question for the cardiac DRs out there. How do you STOP !!!! a beating heart.

[@sherribragan1]

I had open heart surgery

[@ST-jy7qm]

rip

[@MsFullheart]

woh!

[@lialaliala2968]

She will be missed and I don’t understand why she had surgery at age 93 ? Very sad 😢

[@leevahal900]

Im sure having a good insurance was a big part of the recomendation.She died 11 years later

[@davidtangen8189]

I hade it twice

[@RealTime88]

82

[@MsFullheart]

how old is barbara now?

[@jackchen7003]

92

[@nyc1929]

She donantes 10 million of usd at THE Presbiterian Hospital.

[@walteredwards1387]

I need heart surgery

[@sherribragan1]

I have a?, Is anyone having PTSD, from the tubes from the surgery?

[@frederickrapp5396]

I’m surprised that none of Barbara’s coworkers at “The View” were by her side at the hospital during her open heart surgery. Just her daughter? I guess serious surgery reveals who is truly close to you and who is not. So Miss Walters did not die of heart disease, but she succumbed to the effects of dementia instead. It just goes to show that something is eventually gonna get all of us. May Barbara Walters Rest In Peace for all eternity.

[@javiervalverde2374]

Frederick, Barbara was not well liked in the industry because she could be abrasive and rude like the interview that she did with Doris Day in 1976 that was plain nasty. However if I had been a colleague of hers on The View, I would've at least shown up to the hospital to show my support even though I might not get along with her at times so you're right to be surprised that her coworkers didn't show up at the hospital.

[@bethelle9099]

@@javiervalverde2374 , Maybe they did but it wasn't reported? Maybe she asked them not to go and just focus on the show? Just a thought.........

[@dddddadadad1796]

We’re they her FAMILY or next of kin? NO

[@javiervalverde2374]

@@dddddadadad1796 Yeah but they could've showed compassion by visiting

[@MrFilimn]

This is routine valve replacement that thousands of people have every day

[@danielmarchione6688]

Barbara not knowing she was anemic and had afib, which is something that is continued to be treated after surgery is crazy to me,,,,, It is a true tell to the fact that she had dementia, even years before retirement.......... See 7:54

[@Toota95]

Hot dogs and bologna sandwiches? Really? Barbara and friends need some nutritional education.

[@mariahcarey50]

Clearly she is 89 to date so she's doing something RIGHT.

[@oscarmartinez2538]

She is not a kid 😂. I got news we all going to die no matter what we eat.

[@MrSears51]

…

[@EnriqueOrtiz-nf8lv]

He who denies the Lord isn’t resting in peace. She never believed in God so we know where she is. Waiting her judgment

[@randycox3521]

Or just genetic diversity & FDA

[@heather7044]

Dr. Craig Smith should put some of that money towards his grill!

[@susannovak8263]

Wow. That’s what you got from this piece? Not too bright, are you.

[@barbsyorkies]

I ALL READY KNW THIS.....THANK U. BARBARA YES IT IS A BIG DEAL BARBARA SO NOW WHAT UR ARE NOT BEING FAR DON'T U THINK...OK NOW BARBARA

[@mattw4496]

too much fuss a bit narcissistic

[@kyliesbubbie]

Joy Behar has no heart.

[@whatayusaybery5832]

THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOLD THEMSELVES TO THE DEVILS AND NEVER TALK ABOUT CHRIST AND WHEN IF THEY DO IT'S A QUESTION MARK . DID CHRIST REALLY LIVED ???? AND NEVER SAY HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO END OF TIME. THEY'RE HAVE UNDERGRD. BUNKERS READY UNDER GROUND NOT REALIZING ALL UNDERGROUND SHELTER WILL NOT SURVIVE IT.

[@garethe9886]

And now she’s got dementia and hasn’t been seen for several years. Not a very nice woman to those whom she worked with. Don’t wish harm on her but glad she’s off the television if I’m honest