Politics / Dick Cheney Cheney Cancels Event Over Heart Issue Goes to hospital for outpatient procedure By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Oct 15, 2008 10:13 AM CDT Copied Dick Cheney waves upon arrival at Milan's Malpensa airport, Italy, Friday, Sept 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Vice President Dick Cheney canceled a campaign event in Illinois today after experiencing an abnormal heart rhythm. Cheney's press secretary Megan Mitchell said that during a doctor's visit this morning, it was discovered that the vice president was having a recurrence of atrial fibrillation—an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of his heart. Cheney will visit George Washington University Hospital later for an outpatient procedure to restore his normal rhythm. (More Dick Cheney stories.) Report an error