Apr 15, 2021 / 05:01 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Mike Pence is recovering after receiving a pacemaker on Wednesday, his office said Thursday.
“Over the past two weeks,” the former vice president and Indiana governor “experienced symptoms associated with a slow heart rate and, upon consultation with his doctors, underwent a procedure yesterday at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, to implant” the pacemaker, his office said. “The routine surgery was successful, and he is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
Pence in early February opened a transition office in Arlington in northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., to handle correspondence, scheduling requests, public statements and official activities for himself and his wife, Karen. The Pences also are living in northern Virginia and they plan to move back to Indiana this summer.
Pence underwent successful surgery to have a pacemaker implanted
Former Vice President Mike Pence underwent a successful surgery Wednesday to have a pacemaker implanted to help combat a slow heart rate he’s recently experienced, his office said in a statement.
“Over the past two weeks, former Vice President Pence experienced symptoms associated with a slow heart rate and, upon consultation with his doctors, underwent a procedure yesterday at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, to implant a pacemaker,” Pence’s office said in a statement on Thursday.
“The routine surgery was successful, and he is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
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Former Vice President Mike Pence had surgery on Wednesday to install a pacemaker.
He had been having symptoms related to a slow heart rate in the past two weeks, a statement said.
Pence is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity soon, the statement added.
Former Vice President Mike Pence underwent surgery on Wednesday to implant a pacemaker , a statement from his office said Thursday.
Pence had been experiencing symptoms related to a slow heart rate over the past two weeks, which led to the procedure, the statement said. It took place at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Pence has pacemaker implanted
The former vice president’s office says he is “expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks on January 4, 2021 in Milner, Georgia. | Megan Varner/Getty Images
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Former Vice President Mike Pence had a pacemaker implanted on Wednesday, his office announced in a release Thursday.
After being named to Donald Trump’s ticket in 2016, Pence disclosed that he had been diagnosed with an asymptomatic left bundle branch block, he said. In the past two weeks, Pence’s office said he had begun to have symptoms related to a “slow heart rate.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence is recovering after pacemaker surgery, his office announced Thursday.
During the past two weeks, Pence reportedly experienced symptoms associated with a slow heart rate. After consulting with his doctors, Pence had the pacemaker installed Wednesday. The procedure was successful, and the former vice president is expected to return to normal activity in the coming days, according to his office. In 2016, upon being named the Republican vice presidential nominee, Pence disclosed he had an asymptotic left bundle branch block.
The procedure took place at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia, but in a new statement released to USA Today, Pence thanked his Indiana doctors as well.