Pinochet has revision, not new surgery -spokesman

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec 3 (Reuters) Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is undergoing a ''revision'' of earlier heart surgery, but is not having a new operation, as had been reported, a spokesman for Pinochet said today.

''This is not a second heart operation. It is a revision of the procedures carried out in the morning,'' spokesman Guillermo Garin told Reuters. ''It's nothing like a bypass.'' Pinochet, 91, had an operation today morning after suffering a heart attack. Doctors said afterwards the retired general, who ruled Chile with absolute power from 1973-1990, was still seriously ill but stable.

It was unclear what exactly the revision involved.

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