Nestor Kirchner, the former president and husband of Argentina's current president, has been hospitalized with heart problems, Argentine news agencies reported on Sunday.
According to Noticias Argentinas, the ex-president was hospitalized in Buenos Aires on Saturday where he underwent angioplasty surgery.
According to Kirchner's doctor, Victor Caramutti, the ex-president is currently in excellent condition following the surgery.
In February of this year, Kirchner was hospitalized for a blood clot in his carotid artery.
Kirchner, 59, said earlier that either he or his wife and current president, Cristina Elizabet Fernandez de Kirchner, 57, would run for the office of president of Argentina in 2011.
MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti)