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Cheney treated successfully for abnormal heartbeat
Oct 15 2008, AP

Vice President Dick Cheney was treated “without complication” Wednesday for an abnormal heartbeat, his office said, making a short visit to a hospital to restore his normal rhythm with an electric shock.

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