Lampson recuperating after bypass operation (Tom Delay's successor)

Source: Houston Chronicle

March 26, 2007, 10:09PM
Lampson recuperating after bypass operation

By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Stafford, is recovering from a quadruple coronary artery bypass operation at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, doctors and his wife announced Monday.

Lampson's doctors said the congressman was doing well, even though the blockage was in the worst possible place, the trunk of the coronary artery. Without the surgery, which was performed Sunday, Lampson would have been at risk of a fatal heart attack soon, they said.

"Barring the unforeseen, we expect him to bounce back," said Dr. Billy Cohn, one of Lampson's surgeons. "Every patient recovers different, but he should be fine — his heart's strong, the grafts are working."

Lampson could not be reached for comment Monday, but his wife, Susan, said he was doing "beautifully."





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