Rybak had been cross-country skiing at Theodore Wirth Park early Saturday afternoon when he felt chest pains. He was transported to the hospital via ambulance, where doctors performed the procedure that inserted two stents.
As rumors about his condition swirled, Rybak confirmed he was alive and well in one of his trademark poem tweets.
@R_T_Rybak My cardiac surprise/Gave me quite a start/But it proves this politician/Has a great big heart.
Here's a description of the non-surgical procedure that Rybak underwent:
Coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee), also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries. Angioplasty involves temporarily inserting and blowing up a tiny balloon where your artery is clogged to help widen the artery.
Angioplasty is often combined with the permanent placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent to help prop the artery open and decrease the chance of it narrowing again. Some stents are coated with medication to help keep your artery open (drug-eluting stents), while others are not (bare-metal stents).
Rybak, 58, ended his 12-year term as mayor Thursday when Betsy Hodges was sworn in as his replacement.
Source: http://blogs.citypages.com
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