Heart health warning: Man scheduled for hip replacement winds up with quadruple bypass surgery

David Holland of New York City thought he would be having a hip replaced. Instead, after a cardiology checkup, he wound up needing quadruple bypass surgery. Here's his story.

Despite Holland’s assurance that he'd had his murmur since childhood and had no symptoms of heart disease, the surgeon insisted he get it checked out before surgery. "The patient has to be looked at medically." An angiogram revealed that Holland had four blocked coronary arteries of his heart.  Calcium score testing is a "big breakthrough" in terms of screening for heart disease.  "It's sort of the latest and greatest way of doing coronary bypass surgery." This type of surgery rewires arteries from the patient’s chest and one from the arm to help provide blood flow to the heart, instead of using veins stripped from the legs.  "The safety of our patients is our first priority." Amy McGorry is a contributing health reporter for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter @amymcgorry.

Holland told Fox News Digital that he was active prior to his hip issue — he played hockey and tennis throughout his 30s. Pain in his hip, not a heart issue, was limiting his activity level, he said.