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To: i-node who wrote (200451)	9/6/2004 8:22:16 PM
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Former President Clinton Recovers After Heart Surgery (Update1) Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was recovering after undergoing successful heart bypass surgery at a New York hospital. Clinton, 58, was ``resting comfortably'' after the procedure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Clinton spokeswoman Tammy Sun said in an e-mailed statement. The surgery was successful, she said in the statement. Doctors advised Clinton to have the surgery after tests showed arterial blockage. He complained of chest pains and shortness of breath last week. ``This is a very safe operation,'' Dr. David Adams, chief of cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said in an interview on Cable News Network. ``The overall risk is about 1 in 200.'' The former president's medical team planned a news conference for 4 p.m. in the lobby of the hospital, Sun said in the statement. Doctors perform bypass surgery when the arteries that bring blood to the heart become clogged by cholesterol deposits or fatty plaques. More than 300,000 people undergo the surgery each year, according to government statistics from 2001, the most recent year for which data is available. Clinton probably will be in the hospital ``about 4 or 5 days'' and then recuperate at home for several weeks, Adams said. ``This sure isn't how we planned to spend Labor Day weekend 2004,'' the Clinton family said in a statement posted yesterday on the Clinton Foundation Web site. Kerry Campaign Role Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president, was scheduled to play a major role in the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry against Clinton's successor, President George W. Bush. He delivered a speech endorsing Kerry at the Democratic National Convention in July and was planning campaign appearances on his behalf. The New York Times reported that Clinton spoke with Kerry by telephone from his hospital bed for 90 minutes on Saturday, advising him on how to revive his campaign. Bush leads Kerry by 11 percentage points, according to a poll conducted by Newsweek immediately after the Republican National Convention. During bypass procedures, surgeons take healthy blood vessels from the heart's muscle wall or from the leg and use it to bypass the blockage. The number of bypass vessels used depends on the number of blocked arteries. Usually, a patient's chest is opened and a heart-lung machine is used to oxygenate and pump blood throughout the body while the heart is stopped. Junk Food Clinton was a frequent runner during his eight years in the White House and was known for a robust appetite and love of fast food. He said in January that he had lost weight by going on the ``South Beach Diet,'' cutting out junk food and exercising. As president, Clinton oversaw the nation's largest economic expansion in a generation, which helped him remain popular through a Republican-led impeachment for lying about an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern. The former governor of Arkansas was elected in 1992, defeating incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush, father of the current U.S. president. In 1996, he became the first Democrat to win a second term since Franklin Roosevelt. quote.bloomberg.com