LIZ TAYLOR HEART CRISIS

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Hollywood icon Liz Taylor heart is busted – literally.

The legendary thesp, 77, is set to have a new procedure to fix a "leaky valve", the Oscar winner announced.

And how did she announce it?  By Tweet-ing natch.

"Dear Friends — I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart," Liz tweeted.

"It’s very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better.

"Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate. I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth."

Taylor’s health has been the subject of intense media scrutiny for over three decades.

In 1997 she had a brain tumor removed and in 2006 denied rumors she had been stricken Alzheimer’s.

Last year The ENQUIRER reported several trips to the ER – one after a near-death comb of vodka and pain killers.  She was recently admitted this past summer following the death of beloved pal Michael Jackson suffering from "stress".