WASHINGTON, 30 (AFP) - A procedure to fit US Vice President Richard Cheney with a "pacemaker-plus" Saturday went "exceedingly smoothly," cardiologist Jonathan Reiner told reporters, adding that Cheney's activities would be "unrestricted." (Read photo caption below)
Doctors who performed the procedure to implant a pacemaker and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in the vice president's heart said Cheney, 60, would be back to work as normal Monday.
"The short-term is straightforward," Reiner said of Cheney's prognosis which he called "terrific." "He can leave hospital later on this afternoon and take it easy for the rest of today and will be back at work on Monday morning, really in an unrestricted fashion," he said.
PHOTO CAPTION:
Sung Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology at George Washington University Hospital holds up a "Medtronic Gem III DR" double-action pacemaker device similar to the one that was implanted in Vice President Dick Cheney Saturday, June 30, 2001, in Washington. Early Saturday morning Cheney underwent a series of heart tests and was implanted with the device to prevent future episodes of irregular heartbeat. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)