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Iraq President Has Heart Surgery At Mayo

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Aug 14, 2008 5:14 pm US/Central

Iraq President Has Heart Surgery At Mayo

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) ― Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was discharged Thursday from the Mayo Clinic after undergoing successful surgery on a heart valve.

A statement by the presidential press office says Talabani initially went to the hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, on August. 2 for knee surgery but that "the medical team found out that he suffers from a problem in one of the heart valves."

The statement says the 74-year-old Talabani left the Mayo Clinic on Thursday and was in good health.


Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson said that at Talabani's request, the clinic had no comment.






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