Breaking News: Vice President Cheney Taken to Hospital in Washington, DC

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Cheney Taken to DC General

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 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.

Cheney has a history of heart trouble, and suffered a heart attack in late November. He had an operation to fix a blocked artery, and then quickly resumed a full schedule.

Cheney is 60 years old.

(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), March 05, 2001

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nudge

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), March 05, 2001.

The word now is that he checked himself into George Washington Univ. Hospital for tests. Not DC General as noted above.

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), March 05, 2001.

Thanks Buddy. I could envision W meeting a tragic end, then Cheney dropping over of a coronary upon learning the news!

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), March 05, 2001.

Who will Dumbya pick for his new VP when Cheney kicks the bucket? Sure hope it ain't that Ashcroft religious psycho dude.

-- (repent@you.sinners!), March 05, 2001.

Cheney's stint just needed a tweek..will be back at work in a couple..they wouldn't spin now would they?

-- no need to ponder (about this rumor of the continueing he@rt.trouble), March 05, 2001.


My ‘stint’ needs tweeking on a daily basis.

-- So (cr@te.s), March 05, 2001.

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