WWE superstar undergoes surgery to fix medical condition she's been dealing with for a decade

WWE superstar Chelsea Green has had heart surgery to combat a condition that has affected her for 10 years.

Green, 35, is the former and inaugural WWE United States Women's Champion. She underwent a three-hour medical procedure this week in an effort to tackle her supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a condition defined by elevated heart rate caused emanating from the upper chambers of the heart.

The Canadian wrestler revealed in a social media post that a recent example had occurred during WrestleMania 42 in Nevada last month.

"After 10 years of dealing with it, we finally caught my SVT," Green posted on X, formerly Twitter.

"My latest episode during WrestleMania pushed my resting heart rate to 228 for almost 15 minutes.

"Yesterday, Dr. Girgis spent 3 hours working on me… and I had to be awake for the last hour of the procedure!!"

Green came through the ranks of WWE Tough Enough and NXT while working the independents and for TNA and Impact Wrestling between 2014 and 2020.

She made her first appearance on Smackdown in 2021 and had spells with Ring of Honor and Impact before returning to WWE during the Women's Royal Rumble in 2023.

A former Women's Tag Team Champion with Sonya Deville, Green held the US Women's belt in 2024 and 2025.

The athlete has been dealing with SVT throughout her career and can now hope that the issue has been appropriately dealt with and that she can return to the squared circle without the threat of being affected by abnormally fast heart rhythms.

How serious is supraventricular tachycardia?

SVT is a collective term for upper-chamber fast heart rhythms. In terms of heart rate alone, Green's recent episode was towards the top end of the typical SVT range.

"Supraventricular tachycardia happens when the electrical system that controls your heart rhythm is not working properly," according to NHS guidance.

"SVT is rarely life threatening. But you may need treatment in hospital if you keep having long episodes."

No details have been revealed about Green's procedure but the NHS offers a catheter ablation operation that 'permanently cures' the condition in most patients.

"Thin tubes are placed through a vein or artery into the affected area in your heart and heat or freezing is used to correct the problem with the electrical system," explains the NHS website.