Former US vice-president Dick Cheney is recovering after having a heart transplant. His office indicated that Mr Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months.
Aide Kara Ahern said Mr Cheney (71) was recovering in the intensive care unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, after undergoing the cardiac surgery.
She said the former vice-president did not know the heart donor’s identity.
Mr Cheney suffered a heart attack in 2010, his fifth since the age of 37. He had bypass surgery in 1988, as well as two subsequent angioplasties to clear narrowed coronary arteries.
In 2001, he had a special pacemaker implanted in his chest. – (AP)
