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To: i-node who wrote (648873)	3/26/2012 2:55:40 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1583556

Was Dick Cheney Too Old for a Heart Transplant? IT'S HEALTH, NOT AGE, THAT MATTERS MOST: EXPERTS By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Mar 26, 2012 6:30 AM CDT (NEWSER) – Heart transplant recipients of Dick Cheney's age—that would be 71—"don't generally do so well" after the surgery, a leading cardiologist tells USA Today—but the former VP is by no means the oldest patient to undergo the procedure, experts say. In this case, health trumps age: A younger person with other health concerns could face greater risks than a healthy older one. Still, "it's not that he shouldn't get a transplant," says cardiologist Eric Topol. "It's a question of 'Who didn't get one?'"