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| US Vice-President Dick Cheney is to receive treatment to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, his spokeswoman Megan Mitchell has said. | US Vice-President Dick Cheney is to receive treatment to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, his spokeswoman Megan Mitchell has said. |
| Mr Cheney has cancelled a planned political event and will undergo a procedure at George Washington University Hospital. | |
| Mr Cheney, 67, has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery and operations to clear blocked arteries. | |
| He was also fitted with a pacemaker seven years ago. | He was also fitted with a pacemaker seven years ago. |
| "During a visit with his doctors this morning, it was discovered that the vice-president is experiencing a recurrence of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart," said Ms Mitchell. | |
| The vice-president has had similar treatment in the past. In July 2007, he received cardioversion - a procedure that involves the delivery of an electric impulse to the heart. | |
| About 2.8 million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation, the most common type of heartbeat irregularity. |