ABC News: Cheney's Irregular Heartbeat a Worrying Sign

Cardiologists say Vice President Dick Cheney's episode of irregular heart rhythm will not likely affect his immediate health — but the condition could point to a worsening of his continuing heart problems.

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Indeed, the irregular rhythm represents the latest link in a chain of heart problems for the vice president, a progression that began in 1978 with his first heart attack, which occurred when Cheney was 37. Since then, the 66-year-old Cheney has weathered three more heart attacks — one in 1984, one in 1988, and one in 2000. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988, sustained two angioplasties on the blocked artery responsible for his fourth heart attack, and had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, installed in 2001, to regulate his heartbeat.

Some worry that this history could mean the vice president's heart troubles are getting worse.

"Development of atrial fibrillation is generally a negative event," says Dr. Sanjeev Saksena, director of the Cardiovascular Institute and arrhythmia service for Atlantic Health, adding that the condition has negative implications for the ventricles — the two lower chambers of the heart.

"It would imply that his ventrical function deteriorated, and the could further worsen it and cause more limitations in his exercise capacities and ability to function, and can, in turn, provoke further worsening of heart function," Saksena says.

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Zipes says this increased heart rate is usually treated with drugs intended to slow the patient's heart rate. But he says that, more important than the immediate consequences, are the implications with regard to Cheney's overall heart health.

"The fact that he came in with a lingering cough, apparently from a cold, certainly could, instead, be a lingering cough from progressive heart failure," Zipes says.


Is the M$M laying the groundwork for the resignation? God, I hope so.


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Sorry, old boy... you're on your own.

Not for me.

that will just link them even more with a sinking administration.

Not to mention how nasty the others will get over any preferential treatment to one. Ain't gonna happen.

;-)

"Is the M$M laying the groundwork for the resignation? God, I hope so."

Gee, thanks corporate media.

so freaked that the dick of death is still showing signs of a bad heart.

yum. I need to go make dinner.

he here or hereafter, the evil will live after him.

If Cheney dies, we'll never be able to arrest him and have him tried in a court of law for his actions in pushing the United States into the War in Iraq, not to mention a myriad number of other unconstitutional actions.

I don't want him cheating the hangman, one kenny boy is enough.

why are the little darlings so worried

They put the electrodes in a location
where they are not so visible.

the examination table.

Impeachment is removal from office, NOTHING more.

It's not a punishment. It's an action, like a reverse election of sorts.

Get the public used to the idea!!

Bet he steps down! Who will be the replacement?

4 if they are impeached or brought up on charges

2 if they escape scot free, then i can aleast gloat when their dead, and all these medical problems with cheney keep getting my hopes up.

As soon as some of us heard "lingering cough" we said CHF -- congestive heart failure. Ha.

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He's not the UK's favourite anything, but perhaps we'd like him better if he were a grandmother!

I bet he lives as long as the QM, anyway!

The only thing that would bum me out if his ticker stopped ticking is that it would deprive us of the opportunity to see him tried and convicted.

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medical case

In another age he would not have made it beyond oh forty

One person's "worrying sign" is somebody else's "reason for hope." But, boy, this has to be affecting his brain function and judgment.

his heart if he had a cardioverter defribillator doesn't that do it??? CHF or pnuemonia and thats bad

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy :sarcasm:

He nods off at meetings (lack of stamina)
He's puffy (fluid retention)
He is often short of breath when he gives his diatribes..

That said, he's got the best of the best of medical care, which most people do not..and he's an evil evil man, so a hateful life may have contributed to his failing health..

I'm sure his grandkids love him, and when he's gone they will grieve.. I just pray it does not happen until a few years from now..

for even suggesting Cheney should resign for his own well being... "Prayers Up" was coda over there..lol.

We all know he doesn't HAVE a heart.