Thread: Bill Clinton hospitalized following chest 'discomfort,'

Bill Clinton hospitalized following chest 'discomfort,' gets stents

February 11, 2010 5:44 p.m. EST

New York (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton was in "good spirits" Thursday after undergoing a procedure to insert two stents into one of his coronary arteries, his office said.

Clinton was hospitalized at the Columbia Campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital after experiencing chest pain, according to Douglas Band, counselor to the former president.

Despite other media reports that he had left the hospital, Clinton remained there Thursday evening, a spokesman for the hospital said.

Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left the White House after a meeting in the Oval Office and headed to New York, a State Department official said.

In a written statement, Band said: "President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts."

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Clinton hasn't left the public eye since he left the White House, maintaining an active schedule devoted to global philanthropic interests and speeches. His latest role as the U.N. special envoy for Haiti has taken him twice to the earthquake-ravaged island nation and he is leading efforts to raise money for the hard-hit area.

A stent is a tiny tube that is inserted into a narrowed or blocked vessel to open it up and allow blood to travel through, according to CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.

Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 at New York-Presbyterian. Doctors in 2005 removed scar tissue and fluid that had built up following that surgery.

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Feb 11, 2010

Bill Clinton in N.Y. hospital for heart problem UPDATE

04:42 PM

Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized for chest pains in New York, ABC News is reporting .

ABC News chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton White House aide, reported that sources said the 63-year-old Clinton was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital "likely for a stent procedure."

Update at 4:59 p.m. ET: NBC cites a hospital source in saying that Clinton "called the head of cardiology two days ago, said he wasn't feeling well and wanted an appointment. He was supposed to come in yesterday, but postponed, coming in today instead. He came under his owner power. The seriousness of the issue is unknown at this point."

Update at 5:04 p.m. ET: NBC now saying Clinton has had a stent inserted and is expected to spend the night at the hospital.


In September 2004, Clinton had emergency heart bypass surgery. Four major blood vessels were blocked, some up to 90%.


Update at 5:09 p.m. ET: NPR has a statement from a Clinton aide, who says two stents were inserted into one of his coronary arteries.

" President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," the statement said.

Update at 5:24 p.m. ET: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is headed to New York from Washington.


Update at 5:27 p.m. ET: The New York Times writes that doctors inserted the stents "into his native coronary artery after one of the bypass grafts from an operation five years ago became obstructed."

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