The life and political legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Nov. 4, 2025, at the age of 84, has been well documented[1]. But his decades-long battle with heart disease may be less appreciated.
Cheney benefited from almost every major advance made in cardiovascular medicine[2]. These breakthroughs enabled him to sustain an active political career and gave him additional years of an enjoyable life after he...