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Sense of it than to say bill clinton was the same old bill clinton. >> he had two stents put into a, what, a coronary artery? i know we have an animation of that. describe what the procedure is. >> i don't want to belittle this at all but basically it's plumbing. you have blood vessels that provide blood to the heart. in in this case the heart wasn't getting enough oxygenated blood. in this case, you know, he's had the bypass before as we were talking about, anderson. actually put -- bypass the blockages. here actually putting a stent in to hold the artery open. just allow more blood flow. >> ...

Necessarily prolong one's life if you have heart disease? which i found very alarming. >> you're right. it's a very interesting point because people assume you do the procedure that president clinton had today and it's going to prolong his life. most studies don't show that. they show it will reduce symptoms of chest pain, symptoms he was having and improve the quality of his life. people who just get medicines versus stents and things like that don't have a vast difference in overall length of life. he would be rell garelegated fo not doing much because he has pain in his chest. >> his dad di...