Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100715:15:26:00
>> show us how it saved the life of the former vice president who, by all accounts, was near death. >> it is certainly life-saving therapy. these lvacs are implanted and what they do is take part of the blood flow, one is implanted in the left ventrical and blood is flown through this pump which propels the blood forward into a graph that goes into the aorta. in two years time those patients who would be candidates for this, only 8% would be alive and with this device, 58% are alive for two year...
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