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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SecularBull who wrote (90954)	11/27/2000 9:35:55 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The doctors need to be listened to..........read this July article: July 25 — Having been picked for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket, Dick Cheney faces a new round of questioning about his heart problems. Cheney, 59, suffered three mild heart attacks — in 1978, 1984, and 1988 — and underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988 at the age of 47. Most doctors who have experience with coronary artery disease say it is highly unusual for a patient to go 20 years without another incident, which could range from mild chest pain to another heart attack to a need for repeat surgery. Cheney’s doctors say his surgery — which would typically involve taking veins from the legs and behind the chest and making four separate grafts to bypass clogged parts of the coronary artery — was successful. The coronary artery provides oxygenated blood to the heart. These grafts would probably be due for a replacement well before Cheney’s second term would be up, assuming a Bush-Cheney team won two terms in office, says Dr. Anthony DeMaria, past president of the American College of Cardiology and chief heart expert at the University of California at San Diego. “Bypass grafts generally last around 20 years,” DeMaria says. “His are on the mature side. The chances are two out of three that by the end of 20 years, they’re going to need replacing.” More Risks And a second bypass operation is not without risks, doctors say, including a 5 to 10 percent chance of complications, and a 3 to 5 percent rate of death. “Second bypass operations are more difficult, and carry a higher risk or mortality,” says Dr. Steven Nissen, vice chairman of the Department of Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. “The recovery time after a second bypass is variable. Most patients do not return to work for typically four to six weeks.” Stress can also play a significant factor in heart disease, and Cheney — who was the youngest-ever White House chief of staff, at age 34, and served as defense secretary during the Gulf War — certainly has had his share. “The consensus amongst physicians is that stress has an adverse effect on heart disease,” DeMaria says. “Although some people thrive on stressful situations, others have the opposite response.” CHENEY IS A POOR CHOICE GIVEN HIS MEDICAL CONDITION>