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Bernie Sanders Had Heart Attack, His Doctors Say, as He Leaves Hospital Bernie Sanders Had Heart Attack, His Doctors Say, as He Leaves Hospital
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Senator Bernie Sanders had a heart attack this week, his campaign said on Friday, as he was released from a Las Vegas hospital.Senator Bernie Sanders had a heart attack this week, his campaign said on Friday, as he was released from a Las Vegas hospital.
“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,” Mr. Sanders said in a 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,” Mr. Sanders said in a statement.
His doctors, Arturo E. Marchand Jr. and Arjun Gururaj, said in the statement that after Mr. Sanders experienced chest pains on Tuesday night, he was given a diagnosis of a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. His doctors in Las Vegas, Arturo E. Marchand Jr. and Arjun Gururaj, said in the statement that after Mr. Sanders experienced chest pains on Tuesday night, he was given a diagnosis of a myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
His campaign had said on Thursday that Mr. Sanders, 78, would return to his home in Burlington, Vt., by the end of the weekend. It was not immediately clear on Friday when he would fly home.His campaign had said on Thursday that Mr. Sanders, 78, would return to his home in Burlington, Vt., by the end of the weekend. It was not immediately clear on Friday when he would fly home.
The senator, one of the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, experienced chest discomfort during a campaign event on Tuesday evening. A medical evaluation found a blocked artery, and two stents were inserted. He has been recovering at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center. The senator, one of the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, experienced chest discomfort during a campaign event in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening. He went to a medical facility where the heart attack was diagnosed, the statement said, then was transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, where doctors inserted two stents in a blocked artery.
Following the medical episode, Mr. Sanders canceled his immediate events and appearances, though his campaign has said he will participate in the next Democratic debate, to be held near Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 15. Following the medical episode, Mr. Sanders canceled his events and appearances for the week, though his campaign has said he will participate in the next Democratic debate, to be held near Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 15.
The procedure to treat his artery blockage — inserting stents — is relatively common, and patients are usually released from the hospital within a day or two. Mr. Sanders spent three nights at the hospital. Mr. Sanders spent three nights at the hospital.
Mr. Sanders has been polling in the top tier of the Democratic primary race, behind former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Mr. Sanders’s staff is trying to project optimism about his candidacy. But the incident has cast a shadow over his campaign just as he was attempting to reinvigorate it after a summer slump that saw his standing in the polls slip. Hoping to reverse course, he had recently begun to focus more on his electability, arguing that he is the candidate best positioned to beat President Trump in the general election. Mr. Sanders has been polling in the top tier of the Democratic primary race, behind former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Elizabeth Warren, and his staff is trying to project optimism about his candidacy. But the incident has cast a shadow over his campaign just as he was attempting to reinvigorate it after a summer slump that saw his standing slip.
The medical episode has also renewed scrutiny on age in the primary, whose top candidates are all in their 70s: In addition to Mr. Sanders, Mr. Biden is 76 and Ms. Warren is 70. Mr. Trump is 73. Hoping to reverse course, he had recently begun to focus more on his electability, arguing that he is the candidate best positioned to beat President Trump in the general election.
Mr. Sanders’s campaign announced this week it had raised $25.3 million in the third quarter, placing him ahead of Ms. Warren, his chief ideological rival, by a hair and at the top of the field in fund-raising. In a show of force, his campaign announced a $1.3 million ad buy in Iowa that it then postponed amid Mr. Sanders’s hospitalization; the ad will now begin airing next Tuesday, and will run for two weeks as planned. The medical episode has also renewed scrutiny on age in the Democratic primary, whose top candidates are all in their 70s: in addition to Mr. Sanders, Mr. Biden is 76 and Ms. Warren is 70. Mr. Trump is 73.
Mr. Sanders’s campaign announced this week that it had raised $25.3 million in the third quarter, placing him ahead of Ms. Warren, his chief ideological rival, by a hair and at the top of the field in fund-raising.
In a show of force, his campaign announced a $1.3 million ad buy in Iowa that it then postponed amid Mr. Sanders’s hospitalization; the ad will now begin airing next Tuesday, and will run for two weeks as planned.