Daniel Edmundowicz, MS, MD, FACP, FACC, Chief of Cardiology at Temple University Hospital, Professor and Vice Chair of Program Development in the Department of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Medical Director of the Temple Heart and Vascular Institute, discussed stents, the procedure to insert them into the heart and recovery time with NBC10 after news broke that Bernie Sanders received two stents to treat a blocked artery.
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