New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today underwent a heart procedure as doctors at the Army's Research and Referral hospital installed a coronary stent in his artery to remove a blockage, hospital sources said.
Mr Mukherjee, 79, was taken to the hospital in the morning after he complained of stomach problems and related ailments.
Doctors at the hospital put him under observation for a day for various tests during which they detected a blockage in one of the arteries, sources said.
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to open blocked or narrowed coronary (heart) arteries. The procedure improves blood flow to the heart muscle.
Mr Mukherjee, 79, was taken to the hospital in the morning after he complained of stomach problems and related ailments.
Doctors at the hospital put him under observation for a day for various tests during which they detected a blockage in one of the arteries, sources said.
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to open blocked or narrowed coronary (heart) arteries. The procedure improves blood flow to the heart muscle.
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