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Dick Cheney’s longtime physician sheds light on the former vice president’s enduring health struggles – especially with his hearingT – after his death at the age of 84.
Cheney – who defeated former President George W. Served as Vice President under Bush – died of complications heart and vascular diseaseAlso pneumonia, his family announced Tuesday.
His cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Renner, spoke to CNN shortly after the news broke, and described the Nebraska-born Republican as “notable patients,
Renner, who had overseen Cheney’s care since 1998, said the former vice president suffered from several illnesses over the years — but always managed to overcome them.
“He was the most complex patient I ever took care of,” Rainer said. “And he became Vice President of the United States.”
Reiner noted that Cheney – described by many as the architect of the War on Terror – suffered her first heart attack at age 37, while campaigning for Wyoming’s at-large House seat in 1978.
“He had heart disease a long time ago,” the doctor said. “When he had a heart attack, there were no medications that could really do anything for people with heart attacks, except hope they don’t die.”
Still, Cheney continued to live a “vigorous” life, Renner said.
The polarizing figure served as secretary of defense and CEO of Halliburton under former President George HW Bush. As Vice President, he played a key role in shaping US military intervention Iraq and Afghanistan conflict Resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
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During this period he suffered several heart attacks. He also had a heart transplant in 2012, which he described as “the gift of life”.
His survival despite these health problems is a testament to the progress of modern medicine.
“He was a symbol of what medicine has been able to do over the last half century in terms of treating people with coronary artery disease,” Renner said.
“Every time he went to one of these red lights because of his disease, medicine had developed something that could help him,” Rainer said, citing bypass surgery and coronary stents as examples.
Although Cheney was considered by many in the political arena to be arrogant, Cheney was agreeable when it came to her health.
“He was the easiest patient,” Reiner said. “He never let politics or his office get in the way of doing the right thing for his health.”