Doctor: Usher's Wife Had a Heart Attack Before Plastic Surgery

Us Magazine - February 13, 2009 4:57 PM PST
Story photo: Doctor: Usher's Wife Had a Heart Attack Before Plastic SurgeryUsher and his wife Tameka Foster's arrive on The Red Carpet at the opening of Jermaine Dupri's Studio 72 in Tucker, Georgia on August 29, 2007.Us Magazine
Usher 's wife, Tameka Foster , suffered a heart attack in Brazil before undergoing plastic surgery, the Associated Press reports.

Foster, 37, checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital on Feb. 6 for a "simple liposuction," says Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman.

Foster went into cardiac arrest while being anesthetized, "but was revived in less than a minute by heart massage," Dastry adds.

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She was then placed into an induced coma before being transferred into an intensive care unit "to avoid unnecessary complications."

She's currently recovering in Sao Paulo's better-equipped Sirio-Libanes Hospital, added Dastry, who did not release any additional details.

Usher , 30, cancelled his performance at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy Gala last Saturday to rush to Brazil to be with his wife. His rep told Usmagazine.com Monday that she was in "stable condition after suffering complications from routine surgery."

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Foster and Usher wed in August 2007. They are parents to two-month-old Naveid Ely Raymond and Usher Raymond V, 15 months. Foster also has three sons from a prior relationship.



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  • Tori S
    hope she feels better it's nice that usher is staying by her side.
    report abuseposted April 26, 2009 2:05 AM PDT
  • Exploid
    OMG! two men! thats a big gurl!
    report abuseposted April 10, 2009 4:29 PM PDT
  • Safiya
    u see what hapened to kanyes mother, they wanna be white. not knowing that these people their trying to be like are sick weidos who want to take their souls. stay away from hollyweird.
    report abuseposted February 19, 2009 7:12 AM PST
  • BROWNCHARGE
    the things a girl gotta do for beauty....just not worth it you think? cause there will be a young green, unaltered babe to come wisk hem away.....just not worth it
    report abuseposted February 18, 2009 6:45 PM PST
  • roman
    these hollywood freaks are disgusting, not rolemodels. this self butchery is crazy. enjoy the fakeness of being surgically altered, as we watch... i wonder if this helps any of the starving children all over the world, to over eat & then pay thousands for tummy tucks & lipo? are we insane????????
    report abuseposted February 18, 2009 5:39 PM PST
  • Yuliet
    as if she didnt get spooked by what happened to kanye's mom.. be careful.. with the "surge".. girls..
    report abuseposted February 18, 2009 7:31 AM PST
  • Jacqy
    ""I dont know why usher married that bop. He could of got any body in the world and he pick this nobody"" You don't control who you fall in love with stupid %@!*#
    report abuseposted February 18, 2009 7:18 AM PST
  • Reshadi B
    Why Brazil? The most "beautiful" and "natural" women are there, right? Oh well. There are so many complications when undergoing certain surgical procedures, even those seemingly basic/easy ones. Hmph! That woman (no longer YOUNG) was obviously ill-advised. Wasn't her vital organs checked before the--? Oh well. Whatever, yes. People die for so many unwise
    report abuseposted February 18, 2009 4:16 AM PST
  • Angela H
    Isn' t lipo 2 months after having a baby a little soon. I have nothing against plastic surgery, but it seems like her priorities are a little messed up.
    report abuseposted February 17, 2009 7:44 PM PST
  • Carolyn
    Pray for her a healthy & complete recovery
    report abuseposted February 17, 2009 6:53 PM PST
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