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Dick Cheney at a political conference in February 2011. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Dick Cheney undecided on heart transplant option

Former US vice president says his health has improved since he was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure.

FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney says he hasn’t decided whether to seek a heart transplant.

Cheney told Fox News Sunday that his health has improved since last year, when he was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure. He had an operation last summer to fit his body with a battery-powered device that helps his heart pump blood.

In his Fox appearance, Cheney spoke with a raspy voice and appeared less gaunt than he had in the months following the operation.

Cheney says he’s working on a book and planning a fishing trip later in May.

Asked how he could go fishing safely with an electrical device attached to his body, the 70-year-old former vice president quipped, “You’re not supposed to fall in.”

- AP

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