LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: We want to give you an update now on Dick Cheney. Doctors say the Republican vice-presidential candidate is really doing very well after his treatment in the hospital. He may actually be able to leave the hospital as early as today. To get the latest, we head straight to Rhonda Rowland, our CNN medical correspondent, who is there to tell us all about it. Good morning -- Rhonda.</s>RHONDA ROWLAND, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Linda. And as you just said, we heard that Secretary Cheney had a second uneventful night here at George Washington University Hospital after having his heart attack two days ago. We're also told that doctors will see him this morning and evaluate him and then determine if he can, indeed, go home today, or if he needs to stay another day. Now this may seem like a fairly quick hospital stay for someone who's had a heart attack, but it's fairly typical. This procedure he had, which was balloon angioplasty followed by a stent, is a very common procedure, and in that procedure, again, doctors thread a small catheter from the leg up to the heart, they use an X-ray to look for any blockages -- in Mr. Cheney's case, when they looked, they saw that one artery was almost completely blocked, so then they went ahead and they inserted a tiny balloon to open that artery -- and then they put in a stent. This is a tiny mesh device which is used to keep the artery propped open. Again, this is very common. About 700,000 Americans have one of these every year. And so far, as we have been saying, everything looks good and we should hear something later on this morning -- Linda.</s>STOUFFER: Rhonda Rowland, at George Washington Hospital. Thank you very much for that update.
Election 2000: Cheney Doing Well Two Days After Heart Attack, May Be Able to Leave Hospital Today