Former President Gerald Ford has received a cardiac pacemaker and is in stable condition at the Mayo Clinic, where the procedure was done.
Over the past few days, Ford, 93, has been evaluated and undergone a series of tests at the clinic that resulted in the implantation of the device, which is intended "to enhance his heart's performance".
The nation's 38th president was admitted to the clinic last Tuesday for testing and evaluation. Ford was hospitalized in 2003 after suffering a dizzy spell while playing golf in 96-degree heat.
Ford is the only president to have held office without being elected by the voters to the presidency or vice presidency.
He became then-President Richard Nixon's vice president in October 1973 after Spiro Agnew resigned and pleaded no contest to bribery, conspiracy and extortion.
Ford assumed the presidency in August 1974, after the Watergate scandal forced then-President Richard Nixon from office. He then pardoned Nixon. Ford narrowly lost the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
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