Kings' Petrie undergoes angioplasty
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, May 5, 2005
Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie underwent an angioplasty to open a blocked artery Wednesday afternoon at UC Davis Medical Center.
Petrie, albeit a bit groggy, deadpanned Wednesday night, "Everything's cool. I guess I'll be around for a while longer."
Petrie's wife, Anne-Marie, who said she was at the hospital with Geoff as he underwent the procedure, said Wednesday night her husband was fine.
"Geoff had been complaining that he hadn't been feeling well," Anne-Marie Petrie said. "He likes to run, and he said he'd been feeling tightness in his chest. Geoff runs every day, and he said he's been feeling it for a little while. He's been saying it for about two or three weeks.
"He said he was going to go see (Kings internist) Dr. Jeff Tanji, but he put it off until after the playoffs."
Anne-Marie Petrie said her husband called her about 2:30 p.m., saying he felt tightness in his chest while on the treadmill.
Petrie, 57, initially underwent an angiogram, which involves dye being injected into the blood system. As the dye becomes visible, X-rays are taken, showing where blood is and isn't flowing.
Anne-Marie Petrie said the angiogram showed a blocked artery, so an angioplasty was performed. That entails the insertion of a tiny tube, called a "stent," designed to open an artery in the case of a single blockage and allow more oxygen to flow to the heart.
"The whole thing was done by 5:30," Anne-Marie Petrie said.
Petrie said Tuesday night after Sacramento's 122-118 loss to the host Seattle SuperSonics, eliminating the Kings from the playoffs, that he planned to be in his office Wednesday afternoon.
Kings assistant coach Elston Turner said he saw Petrie briefly in the afternoon at the team's practice facility.
But Turner thought it a bit strange that Petrie grabbed his running shoes and gear and left. "He usually works out here," Turner said. "I thought maybe he was going to get a physical."
http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/story/12839849p-13689648c.html
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, May 5, 2005
Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie underwent an angioplasty to open a blocked artery Wednesday afternoon at UC Davis Medical Center.
Petrie, albeit a bit groggy, deadpanned Wednesday night, "Everything's cool. I guess I'll be around for a while longer."
Petrie's wife, Anne-Marie, who said she was at the hospital with Geoff as he underwent the procedure, said Wednesday night her husband was fine.
"Geoff had been complaining that he hadn't been feeling well," Anne-Marie Petrie said. "He likes to run, and he said he'd been feeling tightness in his chest. Geoff runs every day, and he said he's been feeling it for a little while. He's been saying it for about two or three weeks.
"He said he was going to go see (Kings internist) Dr. Jeff Tanji, but he put it off until after the playoffs."
Anne-Marie Petrie said her husband called her about 2:30 p.m., saying he felt tightness in his chest while on the treadmill.
Petrie, 57, initially underwent an angiogram, which involves dye being injected into the blood system. As the dye becomes visible, X-rays are taken, showing where blood is and isn't flowing.
Anne-Marie Petrie said the angiogram showed a blocked artery, so an angioplasty was performed. That entails the insertion of a tiny tube, called a "stent," designed to open an artery in the case of a single blockage and allow more oxygen to flow to the heart.
"The whole thing was done by 5:30," Anne-Marie Petrie said.
Petrie said Tuesday night after Sacramento's 122-118 loss to the host Seattle SuperSonics, eliminating the Kings from the playoffs, that he planned to be in his office Wednesday afternoon.
Kings assistant coach Elston Turner said he saw Petrie briefly in the afternoon at the team's practice facility.
But Turner thought it a bit strange that Petrie grabbed his running shoes and gear and left. "He usually works out here," Turner said. "I thought maybe he was going to get a physical."
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