US VP Cheney to have heart defibrillator replaced [View All]

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, a survivor of four heart attacks, will have his cardiac defibrillator replaced later this year, his office said on Friday after he had his annual physical checkup.

"The ICD (implanted cardioverter defibrillator) battery has reached the level where elective replacement of the device is indicated over the summer," his deputy press secretary Megan McGinn said in a statement.

"This will be scheduled at a time convenient for the vice president," she said.

Cheney, 66, had his most recent heart attack, which was considered mild, shortly after the November 2000 election. He had the defibrillator implanted in his chest in 2001 to help regulate his heartbeat.

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