Former President Bill Clinton.
(AP) -- An adviser to Bill Clinton says the former president has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.
The adviser, Douglas Band, says Clinton was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday after experiencing chest discomfort.
Band says that after seeing his heart doctor, Clinton underwent the procedure to place the stents in the artery.
Band says Clinton is in good spirits.
Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 to open four blocked arteries.
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Former President Bill Clinton hospitalized with chest pain, 2 stents placed in heart.
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Former President Bill Clinton was rushed to a Manhattan hospital late this afternoon, sources tell ABC News.
Clinton, 63, was transported to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan for a condition related to his heart.
ABC News' chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported that sources said he was taken to the hospital "likely for a stent procedure."
Supreme CourtSources on Capital Hill tell ABC News that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was seen leaving the Oval Office a short time ago and did not seem "too concerned" or "in a rush."
Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital where he is now a patient four and a half years ago.
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