On Instagram, the filmmaker reassured his fans: “Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30 year old afib procedure with its inventor, a great Italian doctor - Dr. Andrea Natale! I am well!”

Francis Ford Coppola was gripped by "sheer terror" when he was recently rushed to hospital in Italy – due to his post-traumatic stress over surviving polio as a child, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The Oscar-winning director, 86, was hospitalized on August 5 while in Rome, sparking local media reports of a potential cardiac episode.