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...citizen of Japan about his political affiliation, and he is much more likely to say he is a conservative or a liberal, not a Liberal Democrat or a Socialist. If politics is the very heart of a country like the U.S., it is more like an artificial implant in Japan: perfectly capable of functioning, but not really the flesh and blood of the national character. No wonder the politicians must shout so much to be heard. ?By James Kelly. Reported by S. Chang/Tokyo
Doctors attributed the seizures to a chemical and fluid imbalance, which was related to the minor kidney failure that Clark experienced just after the artificial-heart implant. Surprisingly, the artificial heart, far from proving a liability, considerably aided doctors in correcting the kidney problem. By adjusting dials on the support equipment, the physicians were able to increase the flow of blood through the kidneys, flushing out waste products and fluid. Similar adjustments also helped clear the lungs of excess fluid. Says Peterson: "The heart has helped us diagnostically and therapeutically...
This was a dramatic change indeed for the man who had been so close to death that his heart implant was performed ten hours ahead of schedule. Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, the Utah cardiologist who had arranged the fateful first meeting of his patient and DeVries, recalls that when Clark's heart was carefully cut out of his body and set in a stainless steel tray it was still quivering. Says Anderson: "It was an irreversible step. From then on everyone was going on faith that the machine would work...
Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist from Des Moines, Wash., had just become the first human to receive a permanently implanted artificial heart. As he stirred to consciousness, Clark signaled Surgeon William DeVries that he was not in pain. For DeVries, 38, that satisfying moment was the culmination of the three years he had spent perfecting the technique that made the implant possible, and waiting for a patient who met the rigorous criteria established for implant candidates by the Food and Drug Administration. No wonder DeVries described the 7½-hr. operation as being "almost a spiritual experience...
...quiet Sunday as the picadors at all three networks prepared to implant their banderillas in the hides of their talk-show guests. NBC's Meet the Press had drawn the best bull, the one most likely to be goaded into making a Monday headline. This was the controversial Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ambassador...