NEW : `` Randy Travis is out of surgery and in critical condition , '' the hospital says . Travis ' stroke is `` a complication of his congestive heart failure '' Doctors implanted a device in his heart to help blood flow . The device was removed after he had been on life support for several days because doctors feared that it would stop working if left there too long.
NEW : `` Randy Travis is out of surgery and in critical condition , '' the hospital says . Travis ' stroke is `` a complication of his congestive heart failure '' Doctors implanted a device in his heart to help blood flow . His illness is related to his `` recently acquired viral cardiomyopathy , '' his publicist says .