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President Clinton To Have Heart Surgery
« on: Sep 3^rd, 2004, 11:20am »

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Announced on TV a few minutes ago, President Clinton will have a quadruple bypass surgery today.

I will post an update when I get it, probably by noon.

HERE IT IS:

Clinton to Undergo Heart Surgery in NY Hospital

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NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton has checked into a New York hospital and will undergo heart bypass surgery, U.S. networks reported on Friday.

ABC and CBS television reported that Clinton, 58, had checked into New York Presbyterian Hospital for quadruple heart bypass surgery.

A Democratic Party official told Reuters that Clinton had checked into the hospital with "chest pains."

A source close to the former president as saying the surgery could take place as early as Saturday.

Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president, promised at the Democratic convention in July to be a "foot soldier" in John Kerry's race against Republican President Bush,

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« Reply #1 on: Sep 3^rd, 2004, 11:38am »

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I read something about his having chest pains but no more than that thanks Luci

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« Reply #2 on: Sep 3^rd, 2004, 2:08pm »

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I do hope everything goes well during this operation and his recovery Cool

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Re: President Clinton To Have Heart Surgery
« Reply #3 on: Sep 3^rd, 2004, 3:03pm »

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yeah, I would hope anyone that goes through this situation would have a speedy recovery.

Lets hope we dont get the old "bad things in three" happening here. Dont think the states needs to loose any more past president s this year

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NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) was moved to an operating room early Monday and doctors began preparing him for a heart bypass operation, a hospital source told The Associated Press.

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Preparations began at about 6:45 a.m. in an operating room at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia in upper Manhattan, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The operation was expected to last until noon or early afternoon.

The surgical team was being led by Dr. Craig R. Smith, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, the source said.

A spokesman for the hospital, Jonathan Weil, said the hospital had no comment.

Clinton, 58, was hospitalized Friday after suffering chest pains and shortness of breath.

The former president and his family issued a statement on the Clinton Foundation's Web site on Sunday, saying they felt "blessed and grateful for the thousands of prayers and messages of good will we have received these past few days."

"While bypass surgery certainly isn't something to look forward to, we are very lucky that the condition was detected in time to have this procedure before something more serious occurred," the statement said.

Over the weekend, 26,000 get-well messages poured to the Web site, Clinton spokesman Jim Kennedy said. A well-wisher from Chicago hoped he would have a speedy recovery, while a fan in Omaha, Neb., warned him about staying away from junk food.

Doctors say the heart bypass surgery is a routine procedure and Clinton should recover within a month or two.

In a telephone call Friday evening to CNN's "Larry King Live," Clinton said he was "a little scared, but not much."

"I'm looking forward to it," Clinton said of the surgery. "I want to get back. I want to see what it's like to run five miles again."

Clinton's tests showed no heart attack, but a source close to the family said there were three or four clogged arteries. Several surgeons uninvolved in Clinton's care said they didn't think his doctors would risk treating him with newer, experimental approaches like robotic surgery or laparoscopy, sometimes called keyhole surgery.

"With three-vessel disease in a president, I don't think I'd be doing it," said Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood, chief of cardiovascular surgery at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., and a spokesman for the American College of Cardiology.

Because Clinton is only 58 and in good health, "he'll do fine" with traditional open-heart surgery, Chitwood said.

Although deaths from bypass procedures are rare, Columbia-Presbyterian has the highest death rate for coronary bypass surgeries in New York state 3.93 percent in 2001, according to a report by the state Health Department. The statewide average is 2.18 percent.

The Clinton family had no comment on that report, The New York Times reported in Monday editions.

Clinton has blamed the blockage in part on genetics but also said he "may have done some damage in those years when I was too careless about what I ate."

As president, Clinton was an avid jogger but also known for his love of fast food. He has appeared much slimmer since early in the year, when he said he had cut out junk food, gone on the South Beach diet which limits carbohydrates and fats and started a workout regimen.

Clinton had a cancerous growth removed from his back shortly after leaving office. In 1996, he had a precancerous lesion removed from his nose and a year before that had a benign cyst taken off his chest.

But otherwise, Clinton suffered only the usual problems that often accompany normal aging and a taste for junk food periods of slightly elevated cholesterol and hearing loss. In 1997, he was fitted with hearing aids, and he also battled allergies.

Clinton should spend less than a week in the hospital, and may have some mood swings, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping or other problems afterward, but should fully recover in a month or two.

"For a young, healthy guy like him, I really expect a good recovery," said Dr. Mamdouh Bakhos, chairman of cardiovascular surgery at Loyola University Health System.

On Saturday night, Clinton had a long telephone conversation with Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), stressing his view that a strong campaign message can be hammered out of Bush's record on jobs, Iraq (news - web sites) and other issues, said a Democratic official familiar with the talk who asked not to be identified. Before he fell ill, Clinton had expected to campaign for Kerry. The New York Times first reported the Kerry-Clinton chat in Monday editions.

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« Reply #5 on: Sep 6^th, 2004, 9:51am »

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We wish him the very best and a speedy recovery Cool

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« Reply #6 on: Sep 6^th, 2004, 6:10pm »

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I heard that Hilliary slipped the surgeon an extra grand to have ol' Bill neutered at the same time. Shocked

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