Clinton recovers at home after heart procedure
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February 13, 2010, Saturday
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FORMER US President Bill Clinton was recovering at his suburban home yesterday after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure.
Three black SUVs with tinted windows arrived around and pulled through the high gates at the house. The hamlet of Chappaqua is about 55 kilometers north of New York City.
Clinton adviser Douglas Band said that Clinton left New York Presbyterian Hospital "in excellent health."
"He looks forward in the days ahead to getting back to the work of his Foundation, and to Haiti relief and recovery efforts," it said.
Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and a close friend of the Clintons, told CBS television that he expects Clinton will get back to work quickly.
"If I know President Clinton, he'll be on the phone ... calling people asking for more help for Haiti and where he can get pickup trucks so they can deliver food or generators. If I know Bill Clinton, he'll be raring to go in about 35 minutes," McAuliffe said.
Clinton, 63, could be back at work as soon as Monday, cardiologist Allan Schwartz has said.
Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital more than five years ago, and returned on Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering chest pains.
Two stents resembling tiny mesh scaffolds were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.
Schwartz said tests had showed that one of the bypasses from the surgery was completely blocked. Doctors instead reopened one of his original blocked arteries and inserted the two stents.
Three black SUVs with tinted windows arrived around and pulled through the high gates at the house. The hamlet of Chappaqua is about 55 kilometers north of New York City.
Clinton adviser Douglas Band said that Clinton left New York Presbyterian Hospital "in excellent health."
"He looks forward in the days ahead to getting back to the work of his Foundation, and to Haiti relief and recovery efforts," it said.
Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and a close friend of the Clintons, told CBS television that he expects Clinton will get back to work quickly.
"If I know President Clinton, he'll be on the phone ... calling people asking for more help for Haiti and where he can get pickup trucks so they can deliver food or generators. If I know Bill Clinton, he'll be raring to go in about 35 minutes," McAuliffe said.
Clinton, 63, could be back at work as soon as Monday, cardiologist Allan Schwartz has said.
Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital more than five years ago, and returned on Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering chest pains.
Two stents resembling tiny mesh scaffolds were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.
Schwartz said tests had showed that one of the bypasses from the surgery was completely blocked. Doctors instead reopened one of his original blocked arteries and inserted the two stents.
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