The heart: Take care of it

Even his critics said that he was a smart man, but the young Dick Ch e n e y had lots of bad habits and bad genet ics leading to his first heart attack at the age of 37 in 1978. H e went on to be an active vice president from 20012009. Five months after a fifth heart attack in 2010, he had a surgery for an LVAD (left ventricular assist device), which gave him enough cardiac output for 20 months...

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