I have never witnessed such politicization of health before. If anyone didn't belong in the White House it was Cheney and his 40 percent ejection fraction.
Two years after leaving the White House, Cheney had an artificial heart.
Dick Cheney had a terrible heart condition the entire time he occupied the Vice President's office. I might mention some cardiac conditions are genetic, too. No different than breast cancer and other diseases.
January 5, 2011
By Rosemary Black
He no longer has a pulse, (click here) but Dick Cheney has a mechanical heart pump – and a chance for a normal life.
The 69-year-old former vice president is back in action, albeit a little thinner.
"He really doesn't have a pulse, but he has blood pressure because blood is being pumped out from his ventricle into the aorta at a constant pressure," explains Dr. Kirk Garratt, clinical director of interventional cardiovascular research at Lenox Hill Hospital.
But what exactly is beating in Cheney's chest?...
Two years after leaving the White House, Cheney had an artificial heart.
Dick Cheney had a terrible heart condition the entire time he occupied the Vice President's office. I might mention some cardiac conditions are genetic, too. No different than breast cancer and other diseases.January 5, 2011
By Rosemary Black
He no longer has a pulse, (click here) but Dick Cheney has a mechanical heart pump – and a chance for a normal life.
The 69-year-old former vice president is back in action, albeit a little thinner.
"He really doesn't have a pulse, but he has blood pressure because blood is being pumped out from his ventricle into the aorta at a constant pressure," explains Dr. Kirk Garratt, clinical director of interventional cardiovascular research at Lenox Hill Hospital.
But what exactly is beating in Cheney's chest?...
