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Updated: 3:23 p.m. ET Sept. 3, 2004NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized and will undergo heart bypass surgery after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said Friday.
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Clinton, 58, was at the Milstein wing of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Clinton talked by phone to Democratic National Committee chief Terry McAuliffe, one Democratic Party source said. Clinton told McAuliffe he was "fine" but was going to have bypass surgery.
A source close to Clinton told NBC News that he went to a hospital Thursday complaining of chest pains.
A Democratic source said a doctor suggested that Clinton undergo an angiogram, which was administered Friday. That test revealed "significant blockage," said the official.
As a result, quadruple bypass surgery was advised and one source said it is scheduled for Tuesday.
Updated: 3:23 p.m. ET Sept. 3, 2004NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized and will undergo heart bypass surgery after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said Friday.
advertisement
Clinton, 58, was at the Milstein wing of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Clinton talked by phone to Democratic National Committee chief Terry McAuliffe, one Democratic Party source said. Clinton told McAuliffe he was "fine" but was going to have bypass surgery.
A source close to Clinton told NBC News that he went to a hospital Thursday complaining of chest pains.
A Democratic source said a doctor suggested that Clinton undergo an angiogram, which was administered Friday. That test revealed "significant blockage," said the official.
As a result, quadruple bypass surgery was advised and one source said it is scheduled for Tuesday.
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