Jump to content
Thaiway

Bill Clinton Hospitalized

Rate this topic


Wino

Recommended Posts

Let's hope the 63 year old former president is okay. He is too young to leave us now.

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press Writers NEW YORK – Former President Bill Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering discomfort in his chest.Two stents resembling tiny mesh scaffolds were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_on_re_us/us_bill_clinton

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If one of the bypass grafts has been blocked after only five year, means the old POTUS needs to change a few things if he plans to be with us a while longer. I am glad he has good healthcare coverage.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If one of the bypass grafts has been blocked after only five year, means the old POTUS needs to change a few things if he plans to be with us a while longer. I am glad he has good healthcare coverage.

Actually, rather common that blockages occur within the 5-year-time period. A buddy of mine has had to go in for 3-4 stents (to reopen passages re-blocked) since he had the initial surgery about 10 years ago. What's weird to me is how unexcited they all get about it (and, like Clinton, they get a new stent and then are back to doing normal things within 24 hours).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Actually, rather common that blockages occur within the 5-year-time period.

I thought those grafts were good for around 10 years. I guess diet and exercise makes a difference.

like Clinton, they get a new stent and then are back to doing normal things within 24 hours).

Back to feasting at McDonald's?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This article tends to support the usual bypass graft lasting ten years.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Bill Clinton has a new lease on life, but there's no cure for the heart disease that has twice forced the former president to get blocked arteries fixed.

Treatments like the quadruple bypass surgery Clinton had in 2004 last about a decade on average. Then the blood vessels used to create detours around the clogged arteries start to get blocked, too.

No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case shows - Yahoo! News--

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Oftentimes the blockages are on the stent itself.....scar tissue, plaque, or whatever tends to collect there because it's not smooth like most of the inside of the blood vessel. Some years back they started using some stents that had some chemical/medicine built into them which allegedly would prevent some of the buildup.

As I mentioned, one buddy has had 3 more stents within 10 years of surgery (although I'm not sure if this related to old blockage sites or new blockage sites). The biggest worry about the recovery is they want a patient to take it easy for a few days so the stitches near his groin don't open up cause him to blead profusely (or to death). The last time my buddy had a new stent, it was on a Wednesday afternoon and the turkey went bowhunting the next morning at 6AM (and it requires trekking some very rough terrain for almost a mile from his home). He's nuts but he had no problems.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...