Star 'floored' by heart diagnosis

EMMA Willis has told how she was "floored" by a hole in the heart diagnosis as she met another mother with the same condition.

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Emma Willis

The broadcaster, who earlier this week admitted she was “nervous” about taking over from Zoe Ball on the BBC Radio 2 Saturday lunchtime slot this weekend, discovered she was living with a hole in the heart last year.

The 49-year-old is now backing a new campaign by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to raise awareness of people living with heart conditions.

Willis unknowingly lived with a hole in her heart for 48 years, which only became evident after a routine health check last January.

Medics discovered she had an enlarged heart and a hole between the collecting chambers of the heart called an atrial septal defect.