MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reassured Mexicans that he was in good health following an overnight hospital stay for a cardiac catheterization procedure as part of a regular check-up.
In a video, Lopez Obrador sat behind a desk and in a measured tone said the doctors cleared him to continue his work.They found that the arteries were fine, without obstruction,” the leftist leader said in the video posted on Twitter. “Now I am back here in the (National) Palace, very calm and very happy.”
Lopez Obrador, 68, who had a serious heart attack in 2013 and recently recovered from his second coronavirus infection, also said that he had left a “political will” in case he passed away so the government could continue his political project.
“Governance has to be guaranteed, so I have a will for that,” Lopez Obrador said. “Fortunately, I don’t think it will be necessary.”
Lopez Obrador underwent the procedure as part of a check-up every six months that include lab tests, electrocardiograms, stress tests and CT scans, the government said on Friday.
Cardiac catheterization inserts a thin tube into a large blood vessel leading to the heart and can detect how well the heart is working.
