LASORDA HAS NEW SURGERY.Byline: Daily News Former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda underwent his second angioplasty angioplasty (ăn`jēōplăs'tē), any surgical repair of a blood vessel, especially balloon angioplasty or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a treatment of coronary artery disease. in just over three months Friday afternoon after an examination at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. Lasorda, who stepped down as Dodgers manager in July after suffering a heart attack, underwent tests Friday, which revealed that the coronary artery coronary artery n. 1. An artery with origin in the right aortic sinus; with distribution to the right side of the heart in the coronary sulcus, and with branches to the right atrium and ventricle, including the atrioventricular branches and that was previously opened had once again closed. Lasorda, 68, had complained of chest pains during a trip to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 10 days ago and had a test scheduled Thursday. He returned to the hospital Friday for more tests and underwent the angioplasty. Dodgers internist internist /in·tern·ist/ (in-ter´nist) a specialist in internal medicine. in·ter·nist n. A physician specializing in internal medicine. Michael Mellman said he expected Lasorda to be released within a few days. ``I talked to (Mellman) this afternoon and he thought Tommy would be fine,'' Dodgers executive vice president Fred Claire Fred Claire (b. October 5, 1935 in Jamestown, OH) is a former major league baseball executive who served in numerous roles for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969-1998 including the role of general manager from 1987-1998. said from Atlanta, where the Dodgers are facing the Braves today in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. ``Mickey said that with a procedure like this there was a chance for this to take place again.'' Lasorda underwent the first angioplasty June 26 after a mild heart attack forced him to leave the club. In the procedure, the artery artery, blood vessel that conveys blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues. is cleared by inserting and inflating a balloon. Lasorda, who now serves as a Dodgers vice president, lost 12 pounds during recovery, but stepped down as manager July 29. Lasorda was told by doctors his greatest risk of further clogging would occur during the first three months. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) no caption (Tom Lasorda) |
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