Kate Nash: 'I was told I might die'

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Kate Nash has revealed that she had a heart operation when she was younger after being told by doctors that she might die.

The Made of Bricks singer was diagnosed with tachycardia and warned that the effects could be fatal if she didn't undergo surgery.

She told New!: "I suffered from tachycardia, which gives you palpitations and chest pains. The doctors gave me the option of having a procedure to get it fixed, but there were risks.

"I put it off but then two years ago it started happening every night, so I decided to go through with it.

"It could have been life-threatening. They told me the operation had loads of risks - strokes, heart attacks, pacemakers - but in the end I just thought, 'Anything could happen'. So I had the procedure and got it out of the way, thank God."

Nash won Best British Female at this year's Brits and won Best Solo Act at the NME Awards.