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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, cnn's 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. that's routine, and you're a good example of that. i would expect him to go back strong. it sound...

Who had really bad chest pain, you had to do something, but over the years, we found out about 10 or 15% don't have any pain at all. we call it silent myocardial ischemia, and it's 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 can't talk about the president's because i work with him, but it's important to know that if you need a bypass, dr. isom is the guy to see. he's a master at it. unless your unstable, and what i know about the president's ...

Broadview security for your home or business - the next generation of brink's home security. call now. >> larry: we're back. dwayne isom's cardiac team has performed 40,000 open heart surgeries. he's 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 muscle wasn't getting

Procedure, we think men. that's a misnomer, isn't 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 it's a silent killer. that's 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 doing now? i was told after the procedure, don't exercise for a week to ten days. take a little ...

>> larry: we're back. dwayne isom's cardiac team has performed more than 30,000 open heart surgeries. he's 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 wasn't getting enough oxygen. >> he could die. the reason we're doing this is even though he doesn't have any symptoms, he's got a good chance of dropping dead over the next year. he'...