Former president Bill Clinton has been hospitalized, reports ABC News. Clinton, 63, was transported to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan for a condition related to his heart. MSNBC reports he was suffering from chest pains.
ABC News’ chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported that sources said he was taken to the hospital “likely for a stent procedure.” Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital four and a half years ago.
update: 5:05pm MSNBC reports that Clinton called the head of cardiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital two days ago saying he wasn’t feeling well. Clinton then scheduled an appointment for Wednesday, but postponed the appointment until Thursday afternoon. The seriousness of the condition is unknown at this time.
update: 5:08pm A Clinton spokesperson tells MSNBC that the former president is in “good spirits.” The hospital has confirmed that Clinton received two stents.
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Update February 12, 2010
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — Former President Bill Clinton was recovering at his suburban home with his wife on Friday after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure to fix a blocked artery.
Three black SUVs with tinted windows arrived around 7:45 a.m. Friday and pulled through the high gates at the house. The Westchester County hamlet of Chappaqua is about 35 miles north of New York City.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was also at the family’s home.
Clinton adviser Douglas Band said in a statement 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.
