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The 61-year-old politican underwent surgery to have a pacemaker implanted after experiencing “symptoms associated with a slow heart rate,” his office said in a statement on Thursday (April 15), NBC News reported.
The “routine” surgery was successfully performed one day before on Wednesday (April 14), according to the statement from the former Vice President’s office. He is “expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
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He was previously diagnosed with asymptomatic left bundle branch block, and felt symptoms for two weeks before consulting doctors and undergoing the procedure at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Pence, 61, said in a statement that he underwent the procedure to implant a pacemaker Wednesday after consultation with his doctors. He said he disclosed a diagnosis of asymptomatic left bundle branch block in his heart when he was nominated in 2016 as Donald Trump’s running mate.
The former vice president called the surgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia, “routine” and said he’s expected to return to normal activity in the coming days.
Pence, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, last week launched the advocacy group Advancing American Freedom to promote his agenda and defend the Trump administration’s record. He’s also joined the Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow.
Former VP Pence undergoes surgery to implant pacemaker
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FILE - Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a memorial service for the late Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager in Charleston, W. Va., on Jan. 15, 2021. Pence has a book deal. His autobiography, currently untitled, is scheduled to come out in 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File) (NAM)
WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Mike Pence has undergone surgery to have a pacemaker implanted.
His office says that Wednesday s procedure went well and that Pence “is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days.”
The 61-year-old Pence, who recently launched a new advocacy group and signed a book deal, had previously been diagnosed with a heart condition called asymptomatic left bundle branch block.
Mike Pence Has Surgery to Install a Pacemaker for his Heart
15 Apr 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence had surgery to install a pacemaker for his heart, his office revealed Thursday.
“The routine surgery was successful, and he is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days,” Pence’s office noted.
Pence’s office said the former vice president experienced symptoms associated with a slow heart rate and after consulting with his doctors, underwent surgery to install the pacemaker.
Pence thanked the staff at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Fairfax, Virginia, and his personal physicians for his care.