Washington - Former US vice-president Dick Cheney, who has a long history of heart problems, may be released from hospital on Monday after a weekend stay over unspecified health complaints, his daughter said.
Cheney, who checked into George Washington hospital on Friday, is "feeling better and hopefully will be released tomorrow", his daughter Liz told Fox News on Sunday.
The 69-year-old Republican hawk, who suffered his fifth heart attack in 32 years in February, has coronary artery disease but the younger Cheney said she was "sure he will deal with it as he has in the past".
One of America's most powerful and controversial vice-presidents, Cheney is known as a key driving force behind George Bush's "war on terror" that included the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, warrantless wiretapping on US citizens and the use of torture on terror suspects.
Cheney became a hero to hawkish conservatives and a nemesis without equal for liberals and Democrats.
He has had a long list of health scares, including undergoing quadruple bypass surgery and two artery-clearing angioplasties. In 2001, he was fitted with a pacemaker.
Cheney has also twice been treated with electrical shocks for atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm that places him at risk of a stroke if not treated, and in 2005 underwent surgery for an arterial aneurysm on the back of each of his knees.
Despite his persistent health problems, Cheney has remained on the political scene since leaving office, fiercely criticising President Barack Obama, a Democrat.
He accused Obama of making the country less safe by repudiating Bush-era policies, and regularly took to the airwaves to denounce the Obama administration's national security policies. - Sapa-AFP