Doctors: Clinton Heart Surgery a Success

By Richard Knox

Published September 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Former president Bill Clinton is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing quadruple coronary-artery bypass surgery Monday at a New York hospital. Doctors say Clinton had extensive heart disease but had been slow to recognize the symptoms. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

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