Thread: Former VP Cheney hospitalized

[quote name='steezer' date='23 February 2010 - 03:50 PM' timestamp='1266958235' post='120133']

Well I'm not sure about that. I think they are reporting he had chest pains. Nothing about the heart this time around.

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Tests on Cheney show evidence of mild heart attack

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Dick Cheney sustained a "mild heart attack" but is feeling better and likely to leave the hospital within a day or two, an aide said Tuesday.



Cheney, 69, who has remained a forceful advocate for the former Bush administration and a leading Republican figure since leaving office last year, has a history of heart trouble. He was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in Washington on Monday after experiencing chest pains.



Lab tests revealed evidence of a mild heart attack, Cheney aide Peter Long said in a statement. Long reported that Cheney is "feeling good" after undergoing a stress test and a heart catheterization. The latter procedure examines blood flow to the heart and tests how well the heart is pumping.



A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked. The statement from Cheney's office did not say whether he needed to have an angioplasty, a procedure to clear a blockage.



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