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Word: clendenen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...David Clendenen, 58, an electrical contractor in Sacramento, had never had any indication of heart trouble. But one morning last March, he suddenly felt "like there was an elephant sitting on my chest." Realizing he was having a heart attack, he called for help and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Emergency room physicians stabilized his condition and transferred him to a special laboratory for a delicate experimental procedure. A long, thin plastic tube was inserted into an artery in his leg and gently pushed through the blood vessels all the way up into the aorta to the coronary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taming the No.1 Killer: Heart Disease | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

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