Coretta King 'fine' after hospital stay
By MAE GENTRY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/04/05

Coretta Scott King is being treated for a heart condition and was hospitalized briefly last week after being transported by ambulance from her Buckhead condominium.

The widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spent the night of April 26 at Piedmont Hospital. She was released the next day, her 78th birthday, said her son Martin Luther King III.

"She's fine," he said Tuesday. "She actually had to have a procedure done, but she's back at home."

He did not identify the procedure.

"We don't think it's serious, but anytime you go into the hospital, it could be construed as serious," Martin King said.

Coretta King has atrial fibrillation and is on medication, say people familiar with her condition.