Schwarzenegger akazvarwa aine bicuspid aortic vharafu, aortic vharafu ine mapepa maviri chete (yakajairika aortic vharafu ine mapepa matatu). Paakazvarwa musi waZvita 26, 1997, akasarudza kutsiva vharafu yemwoyo yakagadzirwa nemapfupa ake akaisirwa kumashure. Nyanzvi dzezvokurapa dzakafanotaura kuti aizoda kuvhiyiwa kwemwoyo vharafu mumakore maviri kusvika masere anotevera sezvo vharafu yake yaizokanganisika zvishoma nezvishoma. Schwarzenegger sezviri pachena akasarudza kurwisa vharafu yemuchina, mhinduro chete yekusingaperi yaivepo panguva yekuvhiyiwa kwake, nekuti ingadai yakadzora zvakanyanya chiitiko chake chemuviri uye kugona kwake kurovedza muviri. Musi waKurume 29, 2018, Schwarzenegger akavhiyiwa chirwere chemwoyo chakavhurika. Akataura nezvekupora kwake: "Ndakavhiyiwa kuvhura-mwoyo, ndaifanira kushandisa mufambi.
Gore ra1997