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Rudd leaves hospital after heart surgery

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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has left hospital after heart surgery and is resting at his Brisbane home.

The 53-year-old former prime minister had an operation last week to replace an aortic valve inserted almost 20 years ago.

His aortic valve was replaced due to the effects of the rheumatic fever he suffered as a child.

A spokesman told AAP Mr Rudd had been discharged from Brisbane's St Andrews Hospital.

Mr Rudd's wife Therese Rein on Tuesday used the social media website Twitter to thank the hospital's staff for their care.

"Today I am grateful to the whole team at St Andrews Hospital who gently, professionally cared for Kevin & and looked after us as a family," she wrote.

Ms Rein last week described Mr Rudd as a "sunny patient" who was following his doctor's orders and cracking jokes.

Mr Rudd is expected to have a two-month break from his ministerial duties.

 

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