Duane 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Chapman described his experience with the life-threatening condition in an interview with Dr. Oz.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has had a tough year since he faced the loss of his wife, Beth Chapman, in June. Her death left the reality TV star brokenhearted—a condition he says almost cost him his own life after he experienced a pulmonary embolism.scheduled to air Monday, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz made a house call to Dog's Colorado home, where they discussed the chest pain that led to the bounty hunter's diagnosis earlier this month.
I said, 'Please let go of my heart, honey. Quit squeezing my heart,'" Chapman added, looking towards the sky. occurs when a blood clot forms somewhere in the body—a condition called deep vein thrombosis, which usually starts in the legs—and travels through the body, eventually getting stuck in a pulmonary artery.
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