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Bill Clinton's Ticker More Popular Than Dick Cheney's

(Feb. 25) -- Cue the bad jokes about the bleeding-heart liberals. Despite the fact that former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Dick Cheney each has an extensive history of heart problems, a review of the data shows that Clinton's recent scare received much more attention in both the mainstream and social...

After Double Stent Surgery, How Safe Is Clinton's Ticker?

(Feb. 11) – Bill Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital today, where he underwent surgery to have two stents inserted into a coronary artery. This is the latest in a long history of heart troubles for the 63-year-old former president. So how safe is Clinton's ticker? In 2004, the former president underwent...

Background on open heart surgery

Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease and atherosclerosis.

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