Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce is having surgery on a coronary artery, assistant manager Neil McDonald has confirmed.
Allardyce requires an angioplasty - an operation to widen the artery using an artificial tube called a stent
The 55-year-old will miss his third game in a row, at home to Stoke on Saturday, but the club hope to have him back at work early next week.
"We wish him well and hopefully Sam will get back as soon as possible," said McDonald.
"I spoke to him this morning just before they whipped him down. He has gone down and we will find out this afternoon how he is and how quickly he is going to recover.
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WHAT IS AN ANGIOPLASTY?
Hollow tube inserted into coronary artery under X-ray guidance
Device on tube unblocks artery and stretches artery walls
Allows more blood and oxygen to flow to heart muscle
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"He seemed very good and aware of what was happening. We were trying to cheer him up and he is obviously worried because of the operation that he is going through.
"But he probably knows more than the surgeon at the moment. He likes to know what is going on and how things are done, and it keeps it clear in his mind."
Allardyce "complained of brief episodes of chest discomfort" according to the club.
He missed Sunday's victory over former club Bolton and the 3-0 defeat by Fulham on Wednesday.
McDonald will take charge of first team affairs until Allardyce returns, which is expected to be in time for the Carling Cup quarter-final with Chelsea on 2 December.
"I'm sure he'll be fine, up and about this afternoon and hopefully out tomorrow," added McDonald.
"If there are any little complications then obviously Wednesday might came a little bit too soon for him, but we are all expecting him back next week."
McDonald confirmed Allardyce had continued to have an input in team selection and decision-making while he has been away from the club.
"He is a manager who likes to pick the team but who likes to have the information off his staff," McDonald told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We have given the information on how the players have been training and how they have been playing.
"In the end he said: 'I want to do this, have a word with the rest of the staff, see what you think and then just go for it'."
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