Cheney had ‘mild heart attack,’ spokesman says

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney,
who was admitted to a hospital overnight suffering from chest pains,
has experienced a “mild heart attack,” according to a spokesman.

Tests on the former vice president, who was said to
be resting comfortably, showed “evidence of a mild heart attack,” an
aide said.

This would represent the fifth heart attack for a longtime and now retired political figure in Washington who has served at the White House of four presidents and as a congressman from Wyoming.
Cheney served as an adviser or Cabinet-level aide in the
administrations of three Republican presidents and as vice president to
former President George W. Bush for two terms.

Cheney, 69, wears a pacemaker and has had four
previous heart attacks since he was 37 years old. He has had
quadruple-bypass surgery and two artery-clearing angioplasties.

Cheney aide Peter Long issued a statement Tuesday about the results of lab tests at George Washington University Hospital, where Cheney underwent a stress test and an unspecified heart procedure.

He said Cheney was expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the week.

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