Toni 'Unbreak My Heart' Braxton hospitalised with heart trouble
Unbreak My Heart singer Toni Braxton has been forced to cancel a gig after she was hospitalised with chest pains.
The R&B singer was admitted to a Las Vegas, Nevada, hospital on Monday after falling ill and pulled her residency concert at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino resort last night.
A spokesperson for the Flamingo said they believed the 40-year-old star left the city's St. Rose Dominican Hospital last night.
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Health scare: Toni Braxton, who suffers from heart disease, checked into hospital after suffering chest pains
Braxton admitted she was suffering from the heart condition pericarditis - a viral inflammation of the heart - earlier this year.
She told People magazine, "I have heart disease, and I found out about five or four years ago.
"I've also been diagnosed with hypertension. I had to make lifestyle and diet changes."
The mother-of-one is expected to rest before returning to the stage later this week.
Don Marrandino, president of the Flamingo, said: "We wish Toni a quick recovery and would like her to take the time she needs to regain optimal health."
Braxton has been performing her five-nights-a-week show Toni Revealed at the Flamingo since August 2006.
She originally planned to finish her residency last month, but the show proved so popular, she has extended it until August.
Braxton is best-known for her 1996 mega-hit Unbreak My Heart, which won her a Grammy and spent 11 weeks at number one in her native U.S.
