Braves announcer Skip Caray back on the air after angioplasty
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Posted 2:58PM on Thursday 18th July 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Caray is back in the booth Thursday, about two-and-a-half weeks after having angioplasty to clear an artery. <br>
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Caray joined regular partner Joe Simpson for the radio broadcast of the Braves' game against the Florida Marlins. He had the procedure done July 8 -- a week after fellow Atlanta broadcaster Don Sutton returned from surgery to remove a cancerous kidney. <br>
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Caray credited Sutton for his decision to have a body scan that revealed an artery that was 96 percent blocked. The blocked artery put him at risk for a heart attack. The growth on Sutton's kidney was detected through a body scan. <br>
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During an angioplasty, a tiny balloon is inflated in the artery to open blood flow. The procedure was performed by Doctor Charles Wickliffe at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. <br>
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Caray is the son of the late Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray. He's in his 27th season in the Braves' booth.
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