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Cheney home after heart treatment: official

Posted October 16, 2008 08:37:00

US Vice President Dick Cheney's treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm "went smoothly and without complication" and he has returned home and resumed his normal schedule, his office has.

"An electrical impulse was delivered to restore the heart to normal rhythm. The procedure went smoothly and without complication," spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said in a statement.

Mr Cheney, whose doctors performed the procedure at George Washington University Hospital in downtown Washington, is home and resumed his normal schedule, she said.

- AFP

Tags: world-politics, united-states

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