Is Dick Cheney too old for a heart transplant?

Some medical centers will not perform a heart transplant on patient over 65, but other major centers will perform transplants on patients who are as old as 72…

Because Cheney has had two prior heart surgeries, the immediate period after his heart transplant is critical. The majority of patients die from acute rejection, infection or complications of surgery.

If his heart should fail, Cheney would have two options: Undergo another transplant, which few centers would offer for a candidate of his age; or have another LVAD implanted, according to Dr. Mary Norin Walsh, director of cardiac transplantation at St. Vincent Hospital in Indiana.