File Photo: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades. (Associated Press)
An official says Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades' surgery to repair a heart valve was successful and that he remains in stable condition.
Cyprus Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides says Anastasiades will remain in intensive care for the next few days.
Christodoulides said today that a surgeon performed the operation at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital to repair the mitral and tricuspid heart valves.
Tuesday's Maze-type procedure also aimed to repair Anastasiades' occasional heart arrhythmia and was completed "without any complications or particular problems," according to Christodoulides.
Anastasiades' personal cardiologist and his physician were also present during the surgery.