Cheney gets clean bill of health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Dick Cheney got a
clean bill of health after routine medical tests on Saturday to
check on aneurysms on the backs of his knees and a high-tech
pacemaker inserted in his chest in 2001.
Cheney’s office said the vice president underwent his
yearly routine physical at George Washington University Medical
Center, which included an electrocardiogram.
Cheney, 65, has had four heart attacks but none since
becoming vice president in January 2001.
The statement said the pacemaker is “functioning properly”
and had detected no irregular heartbeat.
In September, Cheney underwent successful surgery to
implant stent grafts behind both knees. They are tubes to help
the blood flow through weakened arteries.
The stent grafts used to treat the aneurysms are “wide
open,” the statement said, or functioning properly.
The vice president’s office said he would take a treadmill
test in the fall.