Scott Strazzante / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy assists police during a clash with protesters at Cermak Road and Michigan Avenue on May 20, 2012, after a march during the NATO summit.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy talks to a Chicago Tribune reporter in his office at police headquarters on Sept. 10, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneDeputy Superintendent Alfonza Wysinger, from left, Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Cmdr. Walter Green talk before a news conference Dec. 30, 2011, about fallen Officer Clifton Lewis, who was fatally shot the night before while attempting to stop an armed robbery.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel listens to police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on May 15, 2012, before making an announcement about a new public safety strategy.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy, left, and Leo Schmitz, commander of the Englewood police district, speak with Englewood resident Perry Moore on Aug. 25, 2012, after McCarthy held a news conference about recent narcotics investigations and violence on the city's streets.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy leave Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Nov. 28, 2012, after visiting officers who were injured in an accident on South Side.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneFelicia Davis, from left, of the mayor's office, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Building Commissioner Michael Merchant, CTA President Forrest Claypool and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett walk from Ross Elementary to Dulles Elementary on May 3, 2013, to experience the walk students have each day.
William DeShazer / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy greet the family of police Officer Clifton Lewis during services Jan. 5, 2012, at Missionary Baptist Church. Lewis was killed in the line of duty.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneHundreds of protesters rally along North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 27, 2015, to disrupt Black Friday shopping over the October 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with police Superintendent Garry McCarthy after a kickoff for "A Summer in Faith and Action," a citywide violence prevention initiative, at the Garfield Park field house on May 15, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announce $250,000 gun buy-back program at Greater Open Door Baptist Church in Chicago on Oct. 19, 2015.
Abel Uribe / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy walks toward the media outside the emergency room at Stroger Hospital on Oct. 7, 2014, after an officer was shot earlier in the Englewood neighborhood.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneCook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy attend a news conference July 27, 2011, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, where Antwon Carter appeared in bond court in the July 2010 shooting death of police Officer Michael Bailey.
Jeff Zelevansky / Chicago TribuneDeparting Newark, N.J., police Director Garry McCarthy appears at a news conference May 9, 2011, to announce a Justice Department investigation into civil rights violations by the department.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy greets Occupy protester "Romania," of Scranton, Pa., at Daley Plaza during demonstrations May 18, 2012, over the NATO summit.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneU.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro, right, and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy join local and federal agencies Sept. 26, 2013, in announcing charges against members of the Hobos street gang.
Michael Tercha / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks at the City Club of Chicago luncheon Sept. 3, 2014, at Maggiano's.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel listens to police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speak at a graduation of Chicago Police Department detectives Jan. 16, 2013, at Navy Pier.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy jokes with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on June 11, 2014, as they pose for group photos before the cadet graduation ceremony at Navy Pier.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and his aide leave Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Aug. 30, 2012, after visiting an officer who was shot and wounded the previous night on the South Side.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel, flanked by Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, announces gun safety legislation on Feb. 11, 2013, to increase minimum sentencing for the most serious gun crimes and require offenders to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy welcomes a new recruit class to the Chicago Police Academy on July 2, 2012.
Abel Uribe / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, center, meets with officers May 20, 2012, after a clash between police and protesters at the end of an anti-war march and rally during the NATO summit.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy displays a sheriff's office sketch Sept. 10, 2015, of what the child found in the Garfield Park Lagoon may have looked like at the time of death.
Keri Wiginton / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy poses in his office Sept. 1, 2011. McCarthy was a police officer in New York City when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred in 2001.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, second from left, joins Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a new graduating class for a group photo before graduation June 11, 2014, at Navy Pier.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel, right, and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announce a drive for more police recruitment from a diverse sector of Chicago at police headquarters Nov. 2, 2015.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy addresses the Budget Committee of the Chicago City Council on Oct. 24, 2012.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announces the arrest of Corey Morgan, 27, on Nov. 27, 2015, in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Sept. 24, 2013, announces the arrests of four people charged in a shooting the previous week at Cornell Square Park that injured 13.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneEdward Stachura, 4, gets a handshake from police Superintendent Garry McCarthy as his mother, Officer Melissa Stachura, receives an award at a monthly commendation ceremony on March 18, 2014.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy kisses the hand of Pamela Bailey on July 18, 2011, at a memorial in honor of her husband, fallen Officer Michael Bailey, who was killed in the line of duty July 18, 2010.
Brian Cassella / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks as Officer Del Pearson is discharged from Advocate Christ Medical Center on March 27, 2012, after being shot in the line of duty.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announces on Nov. 27, 2015, the arrest of Corey Morgan, 27, in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel watches as Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy presides over police graduation ceremonies on March 30, 2015, at Navy Pier.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy waits on a CTA platform Nov. 21, 2011, for the arrival of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTA President Forrest Claypool to announce that the project to install security cameras at "L" stops across the city has been completed six weeks ahead of schedule.
Alex Garcia / Chicago TribuneProducer Mark Benjamin, from left, Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, narrator Mark Konkol and producer Marc Levin pose for photos March 4, 2014, during the preview night at the Bank of America Theatre for the CNN series "Chicagoland" in Chicago.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy listens to a call for the firing of Detective Dante Servin on Aug. 20, 2015, at a monthly board meeting at Chicago Police Department headquarters.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneChicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, left, announces the appointment of Garry McCarthy, second from left, as police superintendent on March 23, 2011.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneNathaniel Pendleton Jr., from left, brother of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton, is embraced by his father, Nathaniel Pendleton, as his mother, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, weeps during a Jan. 30, 2013, news conference with police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at Harsh Park.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy salutes thousands of police officers as they march in the 83rd annual St. Jude Memorial March in Chicago on May 3, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy rides in the 45th annual Pride Parade on June 29, 2014.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneProtesters on Feb. 18, 2015, put ashes on posters of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to represent repentance, to demand reform in the Chicago Police Department and to seek an end to police brutality against citizens.
Michael Tercha / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, left, announces a reorganization and restructuring of the department's command positions during a news conference Aug. 8, 2011, at police headquarters. The changes, which simplify the command structure, are expected to save the department more than $1 million.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendant Garry McCarthy stands with officers at an Occupy protest on May 21, 2012, at the Prudential Building in Chicago.
Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, right, joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speaks during a news conference regarding the shooting death of Laquan McDonald on Nov. 24, 2015.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, right, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others look at confiscated guns Jan. 8, 2013, after an announcement of the revitalization of the community policing program.
Phil Velasquez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy laughs during an interview May 30, 2011.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy leaves a building where an executive of a Loop company shot and killed himself July 31, 2014, after critically wounding the CEO of the firm in a dispute over a demotion.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy hugs the Rev. Michael Pfleger on June 15, 2012, during a peace rally outside St. Sabina Church.
John J. Kim / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy adjusts his cap before marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade on South Columbus Drive on March 14, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy gets a smile from Naomi Taylor, 9, on Nov. 9, 2012, as a street sign is dedicated in honor of the girl's father, fallen police Officer Nathaniel Taylor. The officer was fatally shot Sept. 29, 2008, while serving a search warrant.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneLobbyist Billy Glunz, left, with Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Tressie McDonough, UIC College Prep principal, as McCarthy testifies for proposed speed camera legislation Oct. 24, 2011, before a Senate committee in Springfield.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is greeted by fellow officers June 11, 2014, as he makes his first public appearance since undergoing an angioplasty to clear two blocked arteries.
Jessica Tezak / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy waits to speak at a news conference Aug. 5, 2014, announcing Chicago's newest public art display, "Horses of Honor." The fiberglass horses were designed to raise awareness and support for the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announces charges against two people in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, during a news conference on Feb. 11, 2013, at 2nd District headquarters.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy talk Jan. 16, 2013, during graduation of Chicago Police Department detectives at Navy Pier.
John J. Kim / Chicago TribuneChicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, right, listens to attorney Mike Deno address Judge Timothy Joyce during a sentencing hearing for Toyious Taylor and Paris McGee at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Feb. 4, 2015. Both were found guilty in the 2010 murder of Officer Thomas Wortham IV.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribunePolice Superintendent Garry McCarthy rides in the Chicago Pride Parade on June 30, 2013.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneDeputy Superintendent Al Wysinger, left, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Superintendent Garry McCarthy stand with family members of slain Officers Clifton Lewis and Paul Nauden during the St. Jude Police League parade and ceremony May 6, 2012.
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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Saturday after undergoing a medical procedure to unblock his arteries this week.
McCarthy “is doing very well, resting comfortably at home and looking forward to being back on patrol very soon,” Chicago Police Department spokesman Adam Collins said in a two-sentence statement issued this afternoon.
The department has said little beyond the fact that McCarthy, 55, took himself to the hospital early Thursday morning and was expected to remain there for several days after undergoing “a common procedure to address blockage in his arteries,” according to a statement issued Thursday.
“The procedure went well,” the statement said.
In an interview on Thursday, Collins said McCarthy did not suffer a heart attack but did not give any further details about the procedure..
A police source confirmed that McCarthy had angioplasty after it was determined one artery was completely blocked and another was 80 percent blocked. He was expected to have a full recovery.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital later confirmed McCarthy was a patient but referred all other questions to Collins.
McCarthy’s heart scare wasn’t the first time he had been hospitalized during his time in Chicago. McCarthy, who played linebacker on a NYPD football squad, underwent back surgery last year.
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