Saturday, July 28, 2007

New Heart Monitor Battery for Cheney

New York Times: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney was in the hospital Saturday for minor surgery to replace the battery that powers a device monitoring his heart rhythms."


Power devolved on George W. Bush during the procedure.

Details of Cheney's informed consent form reveal that he declined the offer to implant some heart during the procedure. Physicians remain mystified at precisely what the heart monitor is monitoring.

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