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Bernie Sanders suffered heart attack, campaign reveals

Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack this week, his presidential campaign disclosed Friday as the Vermont senator was discharged from a Las Vegas hospital.

The disclosure, which came 2 1/2 days after Sanders was first hospitalized, is likely to bring further scrutiny of the 78-year-old's health as he seeks to resume campaigning to become the nation's oldest president.

Sanders, 78, waved as he walked out the hospital Friday afternoon. Sanders had been treated after experiencing

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