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Bill Clinton out of US hospital | |
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Former US President Bill Clinton has left the hospital where he underwent a heart procedure. | |
He smiled as he walked out of New York Presbyterian Hospital, got into a waiting car, and waved for the cameras. | |
His cardiologist earlier said he was "in good spirits" after the procedure, in which doctors inserted two stents to clear a clogged artery in his heart. | |
Dr Allan Schwartz said he could be back at work as soon as Monday, adding that he did not suffer a heart attack. | |
Mr Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital more than five years ago. He was re-admitted on Thursday after complaining of discomfort in his chest. | |
Mr Clinton's wife Hillary, the US Secretary of State, and their daughter Chelsea had joined him at his bedside. | |
The stents - wire-mesh tubes that help the flow of blood - were placed in a coronary artery that had become blocked since Mr Clinton had a quadruple-bypass operation in 2004. |