Former Vice President
The 61-year-old politican underwent surgery to have a pacemaker implanted after experiencing “symptoms associated with a slow heart rate,” his office said in a statement on Thursday (April 15), NBC News reported.
The “routine” surgery was successfully performed one day before on Wednesday (April 14), according to the statement from the former Vice President’s office. He is “expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
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He was previously diagnosed with asymptomatic left bundle branch block, and felt symptoms for two weeks before consulting doctors and undergoing the procedure at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia.