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Robert is one of only three dozen carefully selected cardiac patients in the world to have been treated with the new technique since it was introduced in Switzerland by Dr. Andreas Grüntzig less than a year ago. The procedure grew out of a similar technique that has been used with some success to clear clogged leg arteries. Of the ten so-called balloon dilatations attempted on heart patients at Lenox Hill since March, seven have been successful in clearing soft, non-calcified plaque obstructions and relieving angina. (In three cases, doctors were unable to work the catheters through...
...unbelievable match," ecstatic coach Dave Fish said afterwards, and you can underscore unbelievable. You see, the Lions (now 4-2 in league play) are virtually unbeatable on their home surface, clay, while Harvard (2-0) favors very fast surfaces. And then there were the matches, classic cardiac-arrest affairs...
Next patient, please. Five-player Kevin Shaw followed Pompan into the cardiac ward by out-clutching Adil Toubia of the Sudan, 3-6, 7-6 (if you guessed a 5-4 tiebreaker, you're right...
...cardiac bypass was first developed as a regular procedure in 1967, when only 37 operations were performed. Since then some 300,000 to 400,000 have been carried out in the U.S. alone, and the 1978 total is expected to top 75,000. The operation involves taking lengths of vein from a patient's leg and stitching them to the aorta and to coronary arteries so that blockages are bypassed. The surgery demands the most skillful surgical teamwork, commonly takes as long as five hours and can cost $12,000 or more...
...seven-judge panel awarded Johnson the $500 prize, which recognizes outstanding presentation of information on cardiac and arterial disease, for an article entitled "Arteries: An Owner's Manual," that appeared in this February's Harvard Magazine...