ST. PETERSBURG -- City council chairman Ed Montanari is recovering at home after a heart attack.
According to a city council news release, Montanari felt chest pains while at home and went to St. Anthony's Hospital, where a doctor diagnosed a heart attack (myocardial infarction).
After blockage was discovered in an artery, a stent was inserted. All other arteries were normal. The city says this is not related to COVID-19.
Montanari returned home Monday and is expected to return to work Thursday.
Montanari issued this statement: “Thank you to all the doctors and nurses at St. Anthony’s for taking great care of me and saving my life. You have a great team of professionals at St. Anthony’s and I will forever be grateful for your competent, kind, and compassionate treatment. God bless all the good people that work at St. Anthony’s Hospital.”
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