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Jordan's Queen Rania has heart procedure in US

Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:44 AM EDT
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Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010 file photo, Queen Rania of Jordan attends a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters. Jordan's Royal Palace says Queen Rania has undergone a non-surgical procedure in New York to correct an irregular heartbeat. A spokesman for the queen said Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, that Rania had a procedure known as catheter ablation, in which doctors inserted a catheter into a blood vessel and used an electric current to restore a normal heart rhythm. A palace statement said the procedure went smoothly and that Rania is "well" and in "good spirits." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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AMMAN — Jordan's Royal Palace says Queen Rania has undergone a non-surgical procedure in New York to correct an irregular heartbeat.

The 40-year-old Rania accompanied her husband, King Abdullah II, who attended the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York. She also attended separate functions, including a panel on empowering girls.

A spokesman for the queen said Monday that Rania had a procedure known as catheter ablation, in which doctors inserted a catheter into a blood vessel and used an electric current to restore a normal heart rhythm.

A palace statement said the procedure went smoothly and that Rania is "well" and in "good spirits."

Rania is to remain in a New York hospital for two nights to recuperate and will return home later in the week.

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