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Live" on tuesday night. dr. isom, you tell them what you did to me. >> your doctor called me on that and actually sent me the films, the angiograms which i could see, and actually your other grafts were all open and your right graft which is the one that closed off was still open 23 years later, but it had narrowed down a little bit in the front part of it. >> larry: that's plaque, right? >> probably that's what it is. they were able to slide a stent or a couple of little stents in there and open it up. so that vein graft is still open. it's got the stent in that -- >> larry: does the balloon ...

What, dr. isom, is his prognosis would you say? short term, long term? >> i think his prognosis is great, especially the fact those other vessels, those other grafts are open. as i said that's your million-dollar life insurance. if those will stay open, in fact, internal mammary will keep you alive forever. >> larry: other quick things for the panel. sanjay, what part in this does stress play? >> reporter: i don't think it plays a big part in this particular situation. obviously stress is associated with lots of different diseases. i think it's pretty clear. people are saying maybe this was re...

A passion for life but as paul begala just said a passion for helping others. bill clinton has a big, big heart. just not a very strong heart. >> larry: yeah. and terry i know you're going to go see him tomorrow. you let us know tomorrow night, too, won't you? >> you bet. he'll be raring to go. you know that, larry rk dr. isom, you're saying this may have been a good thing, right? >> let me comment on one thing that's mentioned about stress. if you take somebody like bill clinton and say, go sit in the rocking chair and don't do anything, they get sick. some people need to -- you've done, what...

Tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab investors rule. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >> larry: dr. wayne isom, chairman of the department of cardiothoracic surgery who did my surgery, david letterman, walter cronkite, a host ofs others. paul begala in washington. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn's chief medical correspondent in port-au-prince, haiti. david gergen, former adviser to president clinton in boston. on the phone, terry mcauliffe, close friend of the president's, former chairman of the hillary clinton presidential campaign. quick look back. president clinton called into this show ju...