July 28, 2007
Posted: July 28th, 2007 07:49 AM ET

Vice President Dick Cheney.

WASHINGTON (CNN)–Vice President Dick Cheney completed surgery at George Washington University Hospital to replace his defibrillator on Saturday.

Cheney arrived at the hospital in the morning with his wife Lynne for what is described as minor surgery and left a little over four hours later.

"The Vice President visited his doctors from the Medical Faculty Associates of George Washington University today for scheduled replacement of his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)," said Megan McGinn, Cheney's spokeswoman. "The device was successfully replaced without complication. The Vice President has returned to his home at the Naval Observatory and has resumed his normal schedule."

The defribillator was orginally placed in Cheney's chest in 2001 to shock his heart in case of an irregular heatbeat.

The procedure to replace the 2001 device was expected to last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and usually occurs while the patient is under heavy sedation rather than general anesthesia and requires no overnight observation.

–CNN Political Researcher Xuan Thai

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Rex, Toledo, Ohio   July 30th, 2007 10:07 am ET

Not relevant but these posts are hilarious and sadly, mostly true. You folks are genius!

Denise, Salem, Oregon   July 29th, 2007 5:08 pm ET

So was he able to put Bush in charge for those short hours he was under the knife?

Tricia M Charlottetown PEI   July 29th, 2007 9:38 am ET

Just imagine with a new set of batteries how much more corruption he'll be able to generate!

A Vice President with Batteries! This Administration is gettin scarier by the minute! No wonder they're against stem cell research they want to spend the money on Robotic Research.

AS (D) - California   July 29th, 2007 2:50 am ET

That's a good start, Lance. But please finish the story. That's only the prologue...

Lance, Los Angeles, CA.   July 28th, 2007 7:52 pm ET

What Will They Think of Next?
or Dick Cheney's Pacemaker needs batteries, not included.

Libby? signing statements, habius corpus, nukes in North Korea, torture, fear, clean air? Blackwater dirty, every child left behind. Ducttape your windows, Osama boo, Wolfowitz through. 9 fired attorneys, 1 mired attorney general. Special prosecutor? dis-union, dissolution, discontent. voter fraud? election fraud. no blacks allowed. Tim Griffen resigned, caging lists, Greg Palast, missing emails no longer. Orange alert, terror dry runs, 911 in Iraq, Iraq caused 911, huh?
Impeach them, Impeach them, Impeach them. Do not wait, have mercy, take time, listen, look around, Impeach them, Impeach them. Stop, what’s that sound?
\
It’s democracy, run aground.

lipper AMERICAN   July 28th, 2007 7:38 pm ET

So the operation was a success.......too bad!

pete, fort lauderdale, fl   July 28th, 2007 5:28 pm ET

after all these years you mean to tell me he's ONLY a vice president. I thought for sure he was the president of the US

MARIE   July 28th, 2007 5:02 pm ET

I DO NOT CARE

Heath, Tulsa OK   July 28th, 2007 3:44 pm ET

HAHAHAHAHAHA. This story can't be true. Cheney doesn't have a heart!!!!

CheeseheadIntern, Washington DC   July 28th, 2007 12:56 pm ET

Gentlemen...we can rebuild him

Scott   July 28th, 2007 12:47 pm ET

after they replace his fusion core,,,, HE'LL BE BACK

fedupwithourgov't   July 28th, 2007 11:32 am ET

I don't give a crap about Cheney! He'll be sure he's taken care of!

Let's give this much coverage to the dead and wounded soldiers coming home from the Bush/Cheney war!

So many are NOT getting the care they need!

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