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Date: July 27, 2007 8:05:22 PM PDT
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Subject: Tomorrow Cheney Goes Under the Knife to Get Pacemaker Fixed
Cheney to Get Battery for Heart Device
By DEB RIECHMANN
The Associated Press
Friday, July 27, 2007; 5:24 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/
AR2007072701404.html
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo minor surgery
Saturday morning to replace the battery that powers a device
implanted in his chest six years ago to monitor his heart and
deliver a shock if it ever goes out of rhythm.
"During the vice president's annual physical examination in June,
testing of his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator indicated
that the device's battery has reached the level where elective
replacement of the device is recommended," Megan McGinn, deputy
press secretary for Cheney, said Friday.
Doctors must replace the entire battery part of the defibrillator,
which would shock his heart if he experiences an irregular
heartbeat. The surgery will be performed at George Washington
University Hospital.
Dr. John Kassotis, director of electrophysiology at State
University of New York's Downstate Medical Center, said that
doctors typically use a local anesthetic on the chest and shoulder
area below the collar bone. They make an incision and remove the
defibrillator's generator, detaching it from wires that are
connected inside the patient's heart.
"Then, they will reconnect a new battery," Kassotis said. "They
will test that everything is working appropriately, then they will
suture him closed. What we do is watch the patient for about an
hour, make sure that they're doing fine, and send them home."
"This is a fairly routine procedure, but since I'm going to be
sedated for a short period of time, I will transfer power to the
president during that time," Cheney said.
Bush will be standing by, but said Cheney with a chuckle, "He
realizes he won't be in charge that long."
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