Dick Cheney released from hospital - Lena H. Sun

Cheney’s odds of survival are good. About 70 percent of people who have the kind of mechanical device Cheney did — a continuous-flow “left-ventricular assist device” (LVAD) — survive at least six years after they get a new heart, according to data compiled by the Texas-based International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation. - Cheney released from hospital after transplant