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You. >> how are you? >> fine, thank you. >> sounds perfect. >> that's what i was waiting to hear. >> stick your tongue out and go awwww. >> i was hoping for a quick recovery and getting back to normal ways, and the fact i'm already back at work to me is a big plus. if it didn't save my life immediately, it certainly saved my lifestyle for the future. >> larry: gerald is a devoted pediatrician. your patient said he felt no pain or discomfort, didn't even know his life was in danger. >> that's one of the problems, and we always thought patients who had really bad chest pain, you had to do someth...

What larry had. larry had a left main stem. so you've got about 10 or 12% chance a year of dying. scissors. just regular scissors. i know where the blockages are, so it gives me an idea of where i need to go. i make a mental note of it back when i first saw the patient last week, and i always look at things right before i go in. this is my road map. >> the fact that he had had a stent in the past makes it a little more difficult. we're 95% certain of what we need to do and what the plans are. 5% you might need to call some audibles at the line. most of the time when you operate on somebody lik...

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's got some blockage right in this vessel, and that's actually what larry had. larry had a left main stem. so you've got about 10 or 12% chance a year of dying. scissors. just regular scissors. i know where the blockages are, so it gives me an idea of where i need to go. i make a mental note of it back when i first saw the patient last week, and i always look at things right before i go in. this is my road map. >> the fact that h...

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