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The Significance of Bernie Sanders’s Heart Disease

The senator underwent one of the most common procedures in the country.
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Bernie Sanders was hospitalized yesterday after he “experienced some chest discomfort” during a campaign trip to Las Vegas, a senior adviser said in a statement today. The senator was subsequently “found to have a blockage in one artery, and two stents were successfully inserted."

This sounds scary, and it’s difficult to know exactly what it means for Sanders’s health. But there cause of death worldwide.

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