Sen. John Warner Hospitalized For Heart Ailment

[Purveyor]

Source: CBS NEWS

WASHINGTON (CBS) ― Sen. John Warner, R-Va., was in a Virginia hospital Tuesday for observation of a heart condition.

Warner, 81, has suffered atrial fibrillation, which can cause an irregular heartbeat, since last fall, his office said.

On Monday, he "consulted with the capitol physician, completed his office appointments and left for a scheduled admission to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he remains for observation," the office said in a statement Tuesday.

Warner's heart rate and rhythm have been normal in recent months, the statement said, but he "recently experienced a return of atrial fibrillation" and is "pursuing a re-evaluation and readjustment of medications." The treatments "require regular monitoring and observation" in a hospital, it said.


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[Breeze54]

1. That's to bad.

He's retiring in June, isn't he?

[Thothmes]

11. Not my understanding

He will not run for reelection to the Senate in the Fall. Nothing in Virginia news about retirement before his term has expired.

[CottonBear]

2. I hope Sen. Warner will be OK. n/t

[Raven]

3. My dad had that. You can live for years with it with the proper

treatment as my dad did. The danger is blood clots which is eventually what killed my dad. This is fairly common in older people.

[pattmarty]

4. He probably saw all this mornings headlines. "Another one bites the dust".

[ReformedChris]

5. Fibrillation is a big deal, very smart move on his part that he chose not to run again..

Fibrillation at that age is potentially disasterous. Deke Slayton of the Mercury 7 astronauts had this too and they ended up grounding him for 15 years until he finally got medically cleared.

[hisownpetard]

6. Probably all that excitement of standing on the stage with McCain and all 9 people

in the crowd clapping at once...

[MiniMe]

10. Or the strain of helping McCain onto the stage

That was just a sad video.

[kirby]

7. The real breaking news is that Warner has a Heart! n/t

[wisteria]

8. I wish him well. He is one of a few good Republicans. n/t

[JI7]

9. sorry to see this

i was hoping he was ok after last time. he had appeared at the McCain Virginia rally during the Primary also and looked ok.

best wishes to him.