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Former United States President Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital in New York suffering from chest pains, media reports in the US said today.
Clinton was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. ABC News' chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported that sources said he was taken to the hospital "likely for a stent procedure."
Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was seen leaving the Oval Office and did not seem "too concerned" or "in a rush."
Clinton, who has suffered from being overweight often in his life, slimmed down after his previous heart problem.
The pain could come from a partial blockage of an artery and the stent (a device for keeping bodily tubes open) would reopen the passage. He is expected to stay in the hospital for an undetermined time.
