Nixon Treated for Heart Disturbance
Former President Richard M. Nixon has a heart disturbance that is not life-threatening but is reducing his stamina, an aide said Wednesday.
Nixon’s doctors advised him to cancel his schedule for two weeks.
The former President, 77, was not admitted to the hospital after the problem was discovered during an examination at Cornell University Medical College in New York City. He will recuperate at his home in Saddle River, N.J.
Dr. Jeffrey Borer, a cardiologist, said the ailment is a benign supraventricular heart rhythm disturbance. He said that electrical signals that cause the heart to beat were being generated abnormally.
“That’s not a big problem and not hard to deal with,” Borer said. “In these circumstances we generally control the situation with medication because the heart is beating faster than it ought to and therefore is less efficient.”
His assistant, John Taylor, said Nixon is expected eventually to resume his full schedule.
“He’s been feeling run down since a speech he made in Miami on March 27,” Taylor said.
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