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Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:50. 0 comments. 4037 reads
US Vice President, Dick Cheney had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implanted on June 30, 2001. His so-called pacemaker-plus monitors his heart rate and stimulates his heart with electricity to correct an irregular rhythm.
When asked by reporters how he was feeling after his surgery, the vice president smiled gave the "OK" sign with his hand and replied, "Very good". He also added "A little tender in the shoulder, but it'll pass".
President Bush also joked by adding, "We were thinking about doing some jumping jacks before
you came in".
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:50. 0 comments. 1112 reads
Former Indonesian president Suharto has a pacemaker. The long-serving leader is 81 years old.
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:49. 0 comments. 1315 reads
James Major, son of former British Prime Minister John Major, has a heart pacemaker. The device is
needed to correct an irregular heartbeat. James Major is only 26 years old.
needed to correct an irregular heartbeat. James Major is only 26 years old.
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:49. 0 comments. 1094 reads
Bob HUggins, University of Cincinnati Basketball Coach, has a defibrillator (ICD). He's back behind the bench and recently celebrated 500 wins as a coach.
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:42. 0 comments. 1363 reads
Norway's midfielder soccer player, Staale Solbakken, recently received a pacemaker.
He is only 33 and doctors remain divided as to whether or not he will be able to continue playing professional soccer.
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:41. 0 comments. 1326 reads
Texas-El Paso basketball coach Don Haskins had a pacemaker implanted in March 1999. He is a member of the basketball Hall of Fame.
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:41. 0 comments. 1012 reads
Golf legend Byron Nelson had a pacemaker implanted in August 1999 to combat bouts of vertigo, dizziness and an irregular heartbeat. After the procedure he said "I’ve got plenty of good care here and I’m going to be fine, just fine."
Posted by admin on 2003-04-21 17:32. 0 comments. 8961 reads
This section contains memorial tributes of deceased famous members.
Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who devoted her life to the poorest of the poor in Calcutta had a pacemaker. "I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone."
Twenty-seven years after Dr. John Hopps invented the first pacemaker in 1950, he was fitted with one to regulate his heartbeat. Hopps died just before his invention was vot...
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