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Last update - 21:58 01/05/2008 Erekat: Abbas 'doing very, very well' after heart procedure By The Associated Press Tags: Palestinian Authority  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underwent an unannounced heart procedure at a Jordanian hospital on Thursday, adding new uncertainty to already troubled peace talks. Aides to Abbas, 73, said he was doing well after a catheterization procedure they described as successful, and that he was expected to leave Jordan Hospital later in the day. Abbas is due to return to the West Bank on Friday, they said, adding that they expect him to return to work immediately after his arrival. Advertisement Spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said a doctor recommended Abbas undergo the procedure during a routine medical examination Thursday. Saeb Erekat, a top aide to Abbas, said he spoke to the Palestinian leader from the West Bank on Thursday afternoon. "He's doing very, very well. He's in very high spirits. He even joked to me," Erekat said. Erekat said Abbas planned to resume his schedule immediately and has meetings scheduled with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday and with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sometime next week. Palestinian officials initially said Abbas underwent an angioplasty, a treatment to help open blocked arteries. But later, they said the procedure was only a catheterization to check for blockage. The Arabic word castara is used to describe both procedures. An angioplasty is a procedure to treat obstructed blood vessels, a cause of heart attack. Doctors push a tiny balloon into the vessel, inflate it to flatten the clog, and often insert a stent to prop open the vessel. Israeli officials had no immediate comment on Abbas' test. Abbas underwent a similar procedure in 2005, and had prostate surgery in the U.S. in 2001. It was not clear how Abbas' health problems would affect peace negotiations, if at all. Abbas is Israel's negotiating partner in recently revived peace talks Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hamas on the Holocaust Al-Aqsa TV claims Jews concocted the Holocaust. Grasping genocide How a non-Jew in Israel came to understand the Holocaust.   1.   Iran`s "AchMADindahead" should have a transplant 14:40  |  Ari ben Yisrael 01/05/08   2.   I wish... 16:06  |  Gabriel 01/05/08   3.   Not really serious or Israeli hospital would have been chosen 18:13  |  x-ray 01/05/08   4.   Abass heart op. 18:28  |  Rozz 01/05/08   5.   Not in Israel, Xray, and Rozz... 21:10  |  Miransky 01/05/08   6.   Observation. 21:55  |  Phillipe T. Lucre 01/05/08   7.   #6 Lucre 22:39  |  Jim 01/05/08   8.   Good news for some, bad for others. 23:53  |  Mary 01/05/08   9.   What race #5 01:08  |  Rozz 02/05/08

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