Bill Clinton’s prognosis is excellent after stent procedure, doctor says

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Former President Clinton showed no evidence of a heart attack and his prognosis is excellent after a procedure Thursday to insert two stents in a coronary artery that had become blocked, said his cardiologist Dr. Alan Schwartz.

‘I told him he could be back in the office on Monday,’ said Schwartz, who performed the procedure after Clinton had complained of repetitive chest discomfort for several days. Speaking at a news conference outside New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, Schwartz said Clinton’s condition is part of the ‘natural history’ of his bypass surgery in 2004 and ‘is not related to anything he did.’

‘He has really towed the line’ in terms of diet and exercise, Schwartz said, adding that the former chief executive’s cholesterol numbers have been excellent.

The procedure took about an hour, and Clinton was up and walking around this evening. He is expected to go home Friday. His wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and daughter Chelsea were with him.

--Geraldine Baum, reporting from New York