VP Cheney Hospitalized

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Cheney Hospitalized
Vice President Dick Cheney has been hospitalized in George Washington University hospital. Stay here for details. " - From ABC News

I saw it on TV first...they aren't sure what it is- but that it's his heart.

YIKES!

 

[BigSmooth]

Yikes is right!

 

[DannyLove]

hasn't he had like 5 heart attacks? he's gonna die really soon that sucks

 

[DefRef]

Ah, man...

 

[Jmman]

Well, I feel for him and his family, but is this really a surprise? How many heart attacks has he already had??

 

[MajesticMoose]

CBS had a five second(not exagerating) thing where rather said VP dick cheney has been hospitalized, then they cut to comercial. WTF is that. I need cable (cnn), i hate being in the dark on these things. I certainly hope he's ok.

m00se

 

[MegalodoN]

He is starting to remind me of Boris Yeltzon (sp?) On a more serious note, I hope he comes around.

 

[Smbu]

He's back in again? Wasn't he just there like in November?

 

[konichiwa]

WASHINGTON ?? Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart trouble, was taken to a hospital Monday as a "precautionary measure," President Bush said.

Cheney, 60, suffered a heart attack in late November but quickly resumed a full schedule after an operation to fix a blocked artery.

One of his heart arteries was 90 percent blocked, so doctors implanted a wire scaffolding-like device called a stent to push away the blockage and prop open the artery walls.

It was his fourth heart attack since he was 37. In 1988, he had quadruple bypass surgery to clear clogged arteries.

Bush confirmed that Cheney was in the hospital, calling it "precautionary measure."

In her statement, Matalin said Cheney checked himself into the hospital "for a repeat cardiac catheterization after experiencing two brief, mild episodes of chest discomfort. This is a non-emergency precautionary procedure. An EKG obtained at the White House this afternoon was unchanged from one obtained last Thursday."

In a telephone interview, Matalin said the EKG last week was part of a normal followup to the heart attack Cheney suffered late last year.

She said Cheney reported the discomfort to his doctor, who advised the vice president to have the new procedure done.


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[XMan]

The difference between Dick Cheney and Boris Yeltsin is that Cheney doesn't have a vodka IV.

 

[fobbman]

He probably didn't think that GW would win. Damned near gave me a heart attack when he did, too.