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Cheney home 10 days after heart transplant
April 03, 2012
April 03, 2012
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occur in 50- to 64-year-olds. Cheney's surgery led some to question whether he was too old to be given a new heart.
The odds of survival are good. More than 70 percent of heart transplant patients live at least five years, although survival is a bit lower for people over 65.
Cheney was President George W. Bush's vice president for eight years, beginning in 2001, and was a lightning rod for criticism. Opponents said he often advocated a belligerent U.S. stance in world affairs during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
occur in 50- to 64-year-olds. Cheney's surgery led some to question whether he was too old to be given a new heart.
The odds of survival are good. More than 70 percent of heart transplant patients live at least five years, although survival is a bit lower for people over 65.
Cheney was President George W. Bush's vice president for eight years, beginning in 2001, and was a lightning rod for criticism. Opponents said he often advocated a belligerent U.S. stance in world affairs during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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