Clinton arrives home after heart procedure

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Former President Clinton returned home Friday after a successful procedure to unblock a coronary artery.

In a statement from the Clinton Foundation, counselor Douglas Band said the former president was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and was in excellent health.

Clinton thanked the doctors and nurses who treated him Thursday and the “many people who extended their best wishes to him for a quick recovery,” Band said. Clinton “looks forward in the days ahead to getting back to the work of his foundation, and to Haiti relief and recovery efforts.’

Clinton, 63, has a history of heart problems and in 2004 had quadruple heart bypass surgery. The latest incident followed several trips to Haiti to spearhead relief efforts.

Doctors said Clinton received two stents in one artery after tests showed it needed to be reopened.
Clinton’s wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrived at the hospital Thursday evening, joining daughter Chelsea. Secretary Clinton will delay a trip to Mideast by a day.

-- Michael Muskal
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