After President Clinton's Surgery, a Primer on Stents

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Former President Bill Clinton, 63, who had two stents put into a native coronary artery in his heart on Thursday, was undergoing what's become a common proceudre to clear plaque buildup after surgical grafts inserted during bypass surgery have become blocked. Clinton underwent a quadruple bypass in 2004 to free four blocked arteries, and the graft had narrowed.

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