Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been struggling with heart problems for many years. His latest treatment for his recurring condition has left him now in fact without a pulse. Recently he has been rushed to the hospital complaining of chest pains, which is something that has happened in the past many times. The way the doctors decided to treat his condition this time is with the use of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). What a VAD does is that it keeps blood flowing throughout the body without the need for a pumping action, which thereby eliminates a pulse. In the past VAD's were used as a temporary fix while heart patients waited for transplants but the technology has progressed to such a point that doctors are looking at the device as more of a permanent fix now. VAD's work so well in fact that they are eliminating the need for transplants all together in some patients.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Former VP Dick Cheney Loses His Heartbeat
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been struggling with heart problems for many years. His latest treatment for his recurring condition has left him now in fact without a pulse. Recently he has been rushed to the hospital complaining of chest pains, which is something that has happened in the past many times. The way the doctors decided to treat his condition this time is with the use of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). What a VAD does is that it keeps blood flowing throughout the body without the need for a pumping action, which thereby eliminates a pulse. In the past VAD's were used as a temporary fix while heart patients waited for transplants but the technology has progressed to such a point that doctors are looking at the device as more of a permanent fix now. VAD's work so well in fact that they are eliminating the need for transplants all together in some patients.
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