FORMER US President Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital with a heart complaint.

Former US president Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital with a hear complaint.

Reports suggest that the 63-year-old was taken to hospital in New York, where he is believed to have had two stents inserted into his coronary arteries.

The husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently returned from Haiti, which he visited last week in his role as UN Special Envoy.