US VP Cheney hospitalized with shortness of breath
Doctors believe condition due to retention of fluids, prescribe diuretic.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
US Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to George Washington Hospital early Monday experiencing shortness of breath, a spokeswoman said.
Lea Anne McBride said that doctors found his EKG unchanged and determined he was retaining fluid because of medication he was taking because of a foot problem.
Cheney, who has a long history of heart problems and has a pacemaker in his chest, was placed on a diuretic.
McBride said the vice president was expected to be released from the hospital later Monday.
A foot ailment forced Cheney to use a cane on Friday.
McBride said the foot condition was not related to surgery last September to repair aneurysms behind both knees or the 64-year-old vice president's lengthy history of heart problems. He has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery, two artery-clearing angioplasties and an operation to implant a special pacemaker in his chest.
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