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Cheney Suffered 'Mild Heart Attack'

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Remains in hospital for evaluation.

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News broke on Monday that Dick Cheney was hospitalized with chest pain; on Tuesday, a Cheney aide said tests on the former vice president showed “evidence of a mild heart attack.” That would be the fifth heart attack for the 69-year-old Cheney, who suffered his first at age 37. Cheney was still in the hospital Tuesday, but a source tells Fox News that it’s due to precaution and not to an emergency.

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