BRADLEY STILL LISTED AS SERIOUS AFTER STROKE; DOCTORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer Former Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor Tom Bradley Noun 1. Tom Bradley - United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) Bradley, Thomas Bradley was conscious and alert, and communicating with family members at his bedside Friday, a day after he suffered a stroke while recovering from coronary bypass surgery Coronary bypass surgery A surgical procedure which places a shunt to allow blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point past an obstruction. Mentioned in: Cardiac Catheterization, Thallium Heart Scan . However, Bradley, 78, remained in serious condition at Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Los Angeles Medical Center, hospital officials said. ``He has had brief moments of being awake and alert,'' said Fred Alexander, Bradley's private physician. ``He recognizes and acknowledges family members with a smile and hand-holding.'' Although doctors said it would be hard to predict Bradley's long-term recovery, they said his vital signs were good, giving them reason to be optimistic. Bradley suffered at stroke at 5 a.m. Thursday, a day after undergoing triple bypass surgery triple bypass surgery Coronary arterial bypass graft, see there . He had been hospitalized following a heart attack March 20. The stroke left Bradley unable to speak and immobile on his right side, doctors said. His left side was not affected, they said. |
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