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Bill Clinton Returns Home After Heart Procedure
Marcus Franklin | February 12, 2010

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New York. Former US president Bill Clinton was recovering at his home on Friday after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure.

Clinton adviser Douglas Band said in a statement that Clinton left the 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.

Three black sport utility vehicles arrived at around 7:45 a.m. on Friday and pulled through the gates at Clinton’s home in Chappaqua, about 55 kilometers north of New York City.

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, a close friend of the Clintons, told CBS television 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,” McAuliffe said. “If I know Bill Clinton, he’ll be raring to go in about 35 minutes.”

Clinton, 63, could be back at work as soon as Monday, cardiologist Allan Schwartz said.

Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital more than five years ago. He returned on Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering discomfort in his chest. Two stents resembling tiny mesh scaffolds were placed inside the artery as part of the procedure.

Tests showed one of the bypasses was completely blocked. Instead of opening the blockage, doctors reopened one of his original blocked arteries and inserted the stents.



Associated Press