Doctors say special treatment unlikely in Cheney transplant

Doctors say it is unlikely that former US vice-president Dick Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart that thousands of younger people were also in line to receive.

After spending nearly two years on a waiting list, Mr Cheney, 71, received a transplant on Saturday.

He underwent surgery at the same Virginia hospital where doctors implanted a small heart pump that has kept him alive for the past few years.