AUSTIN -- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, suffering from chest pains, has received a stent to alleviate heart blockage and is doing well and plans to return to work next week, a spokesman said Saturday.Patrick, 69, "was experiencing significant chest pain" when he returned home to Houston late Thursday after completing a three-city flyaround to promote what he says is the success of the state's new A-F school accountability ratings, said Alejandro Garcia, the lieutenant governor's press secretary.Patrick's wife Jan "immediately took him to the hospital," Garcia said in a written statement."After a number of tests were negative, the doctor decided to perform one last test and a dangerous heart blockage was discovered," he said. "A stent was immediately put in place." Continue reading...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Suffers Heart Blockage, Is ‘feeling Great' After Doctors Insert Stent
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