By Annabeth Miller,SMT Editor
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri is recovering Friday after undergoing surgery to have a coronary stent implanted at a Washington-area medical center.
The procedure took place at George Washington University Hospital after doctors located a blockage in the front of the Senator’s heart as a result of a physical examination earlier this week.
Senator Blunt plans to resume his normal schedule next week.
"I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings," Blunt said in a statement.
Blunt won election to the Senate in 2010 and recently was chosen by his Republican colleagues as vice chairman of the Senate GOP conference, the fifth-most senior position in the party's caucus.
Blunt visited Stoddard County this fall. The history buff spent time at the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield and participated in a roundtable discuss at the Three Rivers College Center in Dexter.
