Former Vice President Dick Cheney Receives Heart Transplant

Roboticoncology 2012-04-05

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In light of former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent heart transplant Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chair of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses the transplant process. Cheney, who in the past has had 5 heart attacks, has survived with the aid of a device called an LVAD, or Left Ventricular Assist Device. The LVAD device aids a failing heart in circulating blood throughout the body through the use of surgically implanted pump.

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