Dick Cheney canceled morning meetings in order to head directly to George Washington University Hospital to deal with a recurrence of an abnormal heart beat. The condition, atrial fibrillation, is not new to the vice president.
Cheney has had several bouts of the upper heart chamber condition and will undergo an outpatient procedure called cardioversion to restore regular heart rhythm. An electrical impulse shocks the heart back into beating normally. His last episode was in November 2007.
He has also suffered four heart attacks dating back to 1978. On a lighter note, this photo of Cheney was all the rage in April 2008. Check it out here.
Source – CNN