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Cheney home 10 days after heart transplant
April 03, 2012
April 03, 2012
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the first one striking him at age 37 and the most recent one in 2010.
Dick Cheney receives heart transplant
Dick Cheney transplant surgery renews age debate
That year, Cheney also had surgery to implant a small pump to help keep his weakened and diseased heart beating. The "left ventricular assist device," or LVAD, helps a person live a fairly normal life while awaiting a heart transplant, although some people receive it as permanent therapy. It was one the few steps left, short of a transplant, to keep Cheney alive in the face of what he had acknowledged was "increasing
the first one striking him at age 37 and the most recent one in 2010.
Dick Cheney receives heart transplant
Dick Cheney transplant surgery renews age debate
That year, Cheney also had surgery to implant a small pump to help keep his weakened and diseased heart beating. The "left ventricular assist device," or LVAD, helps a person live a fairly normal life while awaiting a heart transplant, although some people receive it as permanent therapy. It was one the few steps left, short of a transplant, to keep Cheney alive in the face of what he had acknowledged was "increasing
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