Word: scarring
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...that might indicate a problem. But roughly 5% of people who suffer heart attacks develop arrhythmias, often without realizing it. This is particularly common among patients like Cheney, whose "ejection fraction," a measure of how efficiently the heart is pumping, is around 40%. Usually the problem occurs because some scar tissue in the heart muscle starts to interfere with the electrical signals that cause the organ to beat...
...coronary artery that was propped open with a stent in November and then cleared of a buildup of tissue in March, could become blocked again. And there's also a remote possibility that if the defibrillator is repeatedly activated, doctors will opt to destroy the troublesome section of scar tissue that's throwing off Cheney's heart rhythm. That would require yet another trip to the hospital and another round of spin doctoring. But if last week is any guide, by then it may all start to feel like another day at the office...
...summers later, the two Massachusetts natives are now getting married, and Dana still has the knee scar of their first meeting. The wedding will be in Dana's hometown on Cape Cod on June 9 with a church ceremony and backyard reception at Dana's home. They do not have honeymoon plans yet, because Dana will be leaving town the morning after the wedding to attend a music festival in New Mexico for the summer...
...long robotic arms. The metallic limbs will enter the patient's body through the narrow gaps between the ribs, cutting holes no bigger than a nickel--a far cry from the usual 6-in. to 8-in. incisions sawed straight through the breastbone. Besides eliminating a can't-miss scar, the robotic approach promises to reduce the trauma to the body, speed recovery and minimize the risk of infection...
...propensity to harm America's wetlands," Jonathan Ullman, spokesman for the Sierra Club of South Florida told the Associated Press. And while the Bush White House is not likely to care much about the likes of Ullman, staffers are concerned that months of bad press from environmentalists could scar the President?s image in the public at large...