Report: Former President Bill Clinton in Hospital

NEW YORK CITY - Former President Bill Clinton has been admitted to the hospital, according to a report from Fox News in New York. He went to see his doctor after experiencing chest pain.

An adviser to Clinton says the former president has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.

The adviser, Douglas Band, says Clinton was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday after experiencing the chest discomfort. Band says that after seeing his heart doctor, Clinton underwent the procedure to place the stents in the artery.

Band says the former president is in good spirits.

The president's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was said to have left the White House after learning of the news. According to ABC News, reporters at that location said Mrs. Clinton did not appear to be concerned as she left. She is expected to travel from D.C. to New York to be with her husband.

In 2004, President Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery.