Newsgroups: alt.obituaries Subject: Healthwatch: Dick Cheney, heart transplant Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:22:07 -0500
Aide says Cheney had heart transplant http://www.wwltv.com/news/national/Aide-says-Cheney-had-heart-transplant-144106626.html by Kasie Hunt / AP wwltv.com Posted on March 24, 2012 at 6:09 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering after having a heart transplant. That's according to his office. It released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery, and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months. Aide Kara Ahern says the former vice president is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., after undergoing the surgery. She says the former vice president does not know the heart donor's identity. Cheney suffered a heart attack in 2010, his fifth since the age of 37. He had bypass surgery in 1988, as well as two subsequent angioplasties to clear narrowed coronary arteries. In 2001, he had a special pacemaker implanted in his chest. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
