The disclosure, which came 2½ days after Sanders was first hospitalized, is likely to bring further scrutiny of the 78-year-old’s health as he seeks to resume campaigning to become the nation’s oldest president.
Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack this week, his presidential campaign disclosed Friday as the Vermont senator was discharged from a Las Vegas hospital.
Sanders, 78, waved as he walked out the hospital Friday afternoon. Sanders had been treated after experiencing chest pain at a Tuesday campaign event; doctors placed two stents into his heart to correct a blocked coronary artery, according to his campaign., but it’s not clear how soon he will return to the campaign trail after canceling upcoming events.
“After presenting to an outside facility with chest pain, Sen. Sanders was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction,” said the statement, attributed to Dr. Arturo E. Marchand Jr. and Dr. Arjun Gururaj.“He was immediately transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center. 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.
This will likely not be the last time that a candidate’s health comes under close scrutiny on the campaign trail. The top candidates for both parties — Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and President Trump — are all in their 70s.
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