Word: sac
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then Blaiberg hit some snags. When he developed a sore throat, his doctors were relieved to find no evidence of bacterial infection. They decided that a virus was to blame and prescribed a simple gargle. Next, too much fluid accumulated in the sac around Blaiberg's new heart, as may happen after cardiac surgery of any type. This necessitated puncturing the sac to drain it. After that, Blaiberg said he felt much better, and the doctors felt confident enough to reduce his already moderate doses of immunosuppressive drugs...
...oldest of these, pioneered 30 years ago by Cleveland Surgeon Claude S. Beck, involves opening the heart sac and scratching the heart's surface, so that in self-defense it builds up an increased blood supply. A second technique devised by Montreal's Dr. Arthur Vineberg requires ihe freeing of minor arteries in the chest and implanting these in the heart muscle.* More radical is the removal of a pie-cut wedge of damaged heart, after which the edges of healthy muscle are stitched together. There are, in addition, several methods of reaming atherosclerotic plugs from coronary arteries...
...homes, stores and factories and a population well on its way toward an ultimate 100,000. So far, the place has attracted only two plants and 1,200 inhabitants; lack of sales halted home building two years ago at the 12,000-acre site 25 miles northeast of Sac ramento, Calif. Now "For Sale" signs dot Sunset's vacant lots-also some of its occupied homes spotted here and there amid the expanse of thistles...
...They yelled when he said he was studying the situation. They laughed when he dotted Brattle Sq. with cans of concrete. Rudolph got even. Brattle Sq. is a sandbox, they call the turn from Plympton onto Mass. Ave. "shooting the rapids," and Harvard Sq. remains a larger cul-de-sac than ever. "Traffic may be bad at times now," chuckles Rudolph, "but if we hadn't made the changes it would be far worse." Sure, baby...
...airport was brand-new six years ago -and outmoded before the cement on its new runways was dry. Its single-entrance internal road system has been dubbed the "world's largest cul-de-sac," and last fall it suffered a monumental traffic tie-up similar to Kennedy's disaster last week. But things are about to change. The city has approved a $500 million program to expand the airport...