Cheney hospitalized with chest pains, staff says

February 22, 2010 7:59 p.m. EST

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 69, is resting comfortably at George Washington University Hospital, his staff said.(CNN) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been hospitalized with chest pains, his staff confirmed Monday.

His doctors are evaluating the situation, and he is resting comfortably at George Washington University Hospital, the staff said in a statement.

Cheney, 69, has had a history of heart problems. He had four heart attacks from 1978 to 2000. In June 2001, doctors implanted a cardioverter defibrillator, a device that monitors and normalizes an irregular heartbeat.

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