http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/president-bill-clinton-rushed-york-hospital/story?id=9810992Former President Bill Clinton was taken to a Manhattan hospital late this afternoon and two stents were installed in one of his coronary arteries, his office said.
The former president is hospitalized for a procedure related to his heart.
The former president's counselor Douglas Band released a statement saying that Clinton, 63, is in "good spirits."
"Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest," said Band. "Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries."
A stent is a wire mesh tube used to prop open an artery.
"President Clinton is in good spirits and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," Band said.
Stephanopoulos, who once worked for Clinton in the White House, noted Clinton's non-stop work ethic and said the former president has worked "20 hours a day for the last 20 years."
Sources on Capitol Hill tell ABC News that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was seen leaving the Oval Office around the same time that Clinton had been hospitalized. Sources told ABC News that Secretary Clinton was "very concerned when told about the President, given his heart history" and that it made everyone "very nervous."
Her husband had a quadruple heart bypass in 2004.
Clinton headed for New York this evening to be with her husband. A U.S officials told ABC News Secretary Clinton's trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, scheduled to depart Friday, has been delayed.
One source told ABC News Clinton is still planning to head to Middle East, but the trip may be delayed by a day. The source said that should "speak volumes" about the ex-president's condition.
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