Clinton Goes Home After Stent Procedure

Former President Bill Clinton was released from a New York Hospital February 12 after a heart procedure, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported. Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery in 2004. In that operation, a vein from elsewhere in his body was used to bypass parts of four clogged arteries. This time, Clinton’s doctor said, one of the bypass arteries had become blocked. Two stents, tiny mesh tubes, were inserted to reopen it. Clinton did not have a heart attack. Since the bypass operation, Clinton has taken care of himself and kept his cholesterol and blood pressure under control, his doctor said. But heart disease doesn’t go away, other experts told the Associated Press. They said it’s not unusual for someone to need stents several years after a bypass. The average time is about 10 years. People may live long lives despite the need for several stent operations, they said.