The 64-year-old claimed that after swimming while on vacation, he started having trouble utilizing stairs, and that his symptoms got worse once he got back to the UK.
Clarkson reported feeling “clammy,” “tight in my chest,” and “pins and needles in my left arm” to The news.
The former host of Top Gear claimed that after learning of Alex Salmond’s unexpected passing last weekend, he visited his physician.
An electrocardiogram (ECG) and other tests ruled out a heart attack, but he ultimately had to be taken by ambulance to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital.
According to Clarkson, doctors thought he might be “days away” from getting really sick.
It appears that one of the three arteries supplying my heart with healthy blood was totally stopped, and the other two were on their way there,” he said to the news.
In almost two hours, a stent—a small device that keeps an artery open—was installed.
“Crickety, that was close,” Clarkson said after the episode.
He mentioned that he is “wondering what water tastes like and if it’s possible to make celery interesting” as part of his efforts to adopt a healthy diet.
