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Have the president return to port-au-prince, dr. gupta? >> the conditions here are somewhat tough, no question about it, but as far as connecting the dots between someplace like haiti and heart disease is probably hard to do. it is a polluted city, the fourth most polluted city in the world. its hot down here. when he was down here before, he was walking around a lot, touring hospitals, very active. but i cant imagine i would connect the dots between a trip to haiti and heart disease. i dont thi...

>> larry: ill ask wayne about that in a moment. president clinton doesnt seem to be taking it easy. heres more of what he said today. >> i worked about three hours this afternoon on haiti. we have a lot of challenges there. we have too many people living in close quarters with water building up and too much risk of water-borne illnesses and stuff like that. but i feel great, and the doctors and hospital crew did a great job, and as i said, i even did a couple miles on the treadmill today, so i f...

Than what he had done six years ago, larry. >> larry: jane, when i say the word bypass or stents or heart procedure, we think men. thats a misnomer, isnt it, jane? >> you know, i think mostly you think about heart disease being for men, but actual formal women, it is the number one killer of women. you are ten times more likely to die of heart disease as a woman today than all the cancers put together. and its a silent killer. thats the terrible thing. there are no symptoms at all. you have no i...

>> even if your mother and father and sisters and brothers all died from heart disease, it doesnt mean you need to, you just need to change your lifestyle more. when you change your lifestyle it actually changes your genes and in only three months, hundreds of them turning on the good genes, turning off the bad genes. >> larry: jane, thanks for joining us. were going to see dr. isom perform open heart surgery. the larry king cardiac foundation saves a heart a day. thats the red band i wear. for ...

Dr. wayne isom returns, chairman of thoracic and cardiac surgery. he performed heart surgery on david letterman, walter cronkite and me. dr. dean ornish, who is a consultant to president clinton. dr. sanjay gupta, cnns medical correspondent and the lovely and talented jane seymour. she just attended the red dress event here in new york. she had a life-threatening condition linked to blood pressure. wayne isom, were you surprised at how well the president looked today and acted? >> no, not at all...

Who had really bad chest pain, you had to do something, but over the years, we found out about 10 or 15% dont have any pain at all. we call it silent myocardial ischemia, and its even worse with women because they have atypical angia, which might sound completely different, so it more difficult to diagnose than most. >> any similarities between gerald and bill clinton? >> i cant talk about the presidents because i work with him, but its important to know that if you need a bypass, dr. isom is th...

Broadview security for your home or business - the next generation of brinks home security. call now. >> larry: were back. dwayne isoms cardiac team has performed 40,000 open heart surgeries. hes literally held my heart in his hand. we followed his patient, 73-year-old gerald munshine, as he underwent triple bypass surgery. take a look at this story. sdp >> this all happened because i took a stress test, which i take yearly. and it showed that i had some what they call ischemia, which the heart ...

Procedure, we think men. thats a misnomer, isnt it, jane? >> you know, i think mostly you think about heart disease being for men, but actually for women, it is the number one killer of women. you are ten times more likely to die of heart disease as a woman today than all the cancers put together. and its a silent killer. thats the terrible thing. there are no symptoms at all. you have no idea, and it happened to me so i know it firsthand. >> larry: wayne, dr. isom, what should the president be ...

>> larry: were back. dwayne isoms cardiac team has performed more than 30,000 open heart surgeries. hes literally held my heart in his hand. we followed his patient, 73-year-old gerald munshine, as he underwent triple bypass surgery. take a look at this story. >> this all happened because i took a stress test, which i take yearly. and it showed that i had some what they call ischemia, which is the heart muscle wasnt getting enough oxygen. >> he could die. the reason were doing this is even thoug...