NEW: Health issue that led to Sen. Bernie Sanders' hospitalization Tuesday night has been diagnosed as a heart attack.
The health issue that led to Sen. Bernie Sanders' hospitalization on Tuesday night in Las Vegas has been diagnosed as a heart attack.
"I want to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff at the Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center for the excellent care that they provided," Sanders said in the statement."After two and a half days in the hospital, I feel great, and after taking a short time off, I look forward to getting back to work."
"The Senator was stable upon arrival and taken immediately to the cardiac catheterization laboratory, at which time two stents were placed in a blocked coronary artery in a timely fashion. All other arteries were normal," they said."His hospital course was uneventful with good expected progress. He was discharged with instructions to follow up with his personal physician."
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