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Closes down so that limits the amount of blood that can get out. then you've got a real tight narrowing right up here where that vessel on the side takes off, then another narrowing here, then you've got a pretty tight narrowing there. >> all the major blood vessels supplying blood to the heart -- blocked. yes, that is the very picture of a heart attack waiting to happen. >> he's at risk for heart attack just because of the amount of plaque that he has in there. >> like me, bare has a family history of heart disease. that's why four years ago he underwent the coronary calcium scan that we just...

>> with a family history of heart disease and a lifetime of bad eating habits, president clinton told me he was a heart attack waiting to happen. but what does someone really look like who is about to have heart attack? you probably wouldn't think this guy. tom bare, 53, thin, seemingly healthy, and one step short of a full-blown heart attack. in fact, he's checking into this hospital in lincoln, nebraska for open heart surgery. it's an important lesson. what you see on the outside doesn't always match the inside. >> obviously closed down quite a bit. >> the surgeon shows us the striking image...

Much high-cholesterol food i was eating, i still -- without any scientific basis to support what i did was taking in a lot of extra cholesterol and clearly my body didn't dispose of it and clearly that's why i had that blockage. i should have changed after the surgery. >> coming up -- president clinton transforms his diet to save his heart. >> and what is life like after heart surgery? tom bare's painful recovery and his complications. >> walked about .3 mile and it was excruciating. >> also, she said no to surgery and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on t...

Trouble ahead. >> little worried back there. my arm's starting to hurt. that's gone, now it's just hard to catch my breath. >> i spoke to tom bare right before his operation. >> what happened? >> none of the arteries worked. >> did they say that this was pretty unusual? >> never seen before. >> wow. that's not the kind of luck you want. >> no, no, not at all. so the doctor's just going to use veins today. >> complications are an unfortunate part of the process for 12% of the people who have bypass surgery. 1 in 300 patients need a second operation within two years and 1 in 20 receive stents du...

Narrowing right up here where that vessel on the side takes off, then another narrowing here, then you've got a pretty tight narrowing there. >> all the major blood vessels supplying blood to the heart -- blocked. yes, that is the very picture of a heart attack waiting to happen. >> he's at risk for heart attack just because of the amount of plaque that he has in there. >> like me, bare has a family history of heart disease. that's why four years ago he underwent the coronary calcium scan that we just learned about. his results were not good. >> the score was 111. >> zero is the best. over 100...