Yup. Front page NYT. Just par for the age and gender, nowadays. Seems they no longer bother doing angioplasties. Recovery seems to take about a week..Amazing. Cheney's heart, otoh, is kept beating thanks to the inimitable "Cheney box," which is available only to those with the VP's wealth. Which, come to think of it, is also true for those now-routine bypass surgeries. Survival of the wealthy and those with good health insurance. cheers, Carol K., lifetime cardiophobe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stone" <pas@xxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 12:16 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Bill Clinton > Has anyone else heard the news of Bill's impending heart by-pass surgery? > > Paul > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html