NFL Star Cameron Smith Needs Open-Heart Surgery After Positive COVID-19 Test
Cameron Smith has discovered he needs life-saving surgery to fix a heart condition — a diagnosis that was made had only after he tested positive for the coronavirus.The Minnesota Vikings linebacker, 23, announced via Instagram on Saturday, August 8, that he will miss the entire 2020 football season due to having a bicuspid aortic valve. The abnormality occurs when the aorta has only two cusps instead of three.“Although this will, unfortunately, end my 2020 season, it is really a blessing that we found this as my heart is severely enlarged and wouldn’t have lasted much longer,” Smith wrote.