"A transplant was considered the preferred treatment and was not the result of a setback in his recovery," the Chicago-based company said in a late-afternoon statement.
United said it expects him to return to work at the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter. It said it would provide additional information in the next day or so.
The amount of time a heart transplant recipient spends in the hospital varies. According to the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, recovery often involves one to two weeks in the hospital and three months of monitoring by the transplant team at the heart transplant center.
Felled by a heart attack just six weeks after he took the top job at United, Munoz wrote in a November letter to employees, "I can't wait to come back."
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