Lauren Boebert Recovering After Emergency Surgery for Blood Clot

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) underwent emergency surgery on Tuesday to remove an acute blood clot in her leg, according to her campaign.

The Colorado congresswoman was admitted to a hospital in Loveland on Monday afternoon with severe swelling in her upper left leg, her campaign said in a statement. Doctors discovered the clot and diagnosed her with May-Thurner Syndrome, a rare vascular condition that compresses a major blood vessel in the pelvis and can lead to deep vein thrombosis.

A surgery to remove the clot and insert a stent was scheduled and performed the next morning.

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