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Significantly, you can reduce angina simply by changing diet and lifestyle and the only side effects are good ones. >> i don't know, he may be a little smarter than i am, i try not to be too smart. certainly if a patient has got really bad angina and they've got critical blockage, you need to do something for the symptoms. if they don't have it and they've got critical blockage, the big question is, do you have time for the medical therapy? >> larry: i can't let sanjay go without asking about the one-month anniversary of the earthquake in haiti. how are they doing? >> there is no question thin...

Noerk nonew york journal of medicine says stents don't prevent loss of life. if you change your lifestyle significantly, you can reduce angina simply by changing diet and lifestyle and the only side effects are good ones. >> i don't know, he may be a little smarter than i am, i try not to be too smart. certainly if a patient has got really bad angina and they've got critical blockage, you need to do something for the symptoms. if they don't have it and they've got critical blockage, the big question is, do you have time for the medical therapy? >> larry: i can't let sanjay go without asking ab...

A audibles at the line. most of the time when you operate on somebody like this, you develop a real bond between the patient and the patient with 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 to get back to my old ways, and the fact i'm already back to work 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....

>> 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'...