{"id":3736,"date":"2010-07-14T22:02:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T02:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2010-07-14T22:03:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T02:03:03","slug":"vice-president-dick-cheney-receives-left-ventricular-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2010\/07\/vice-president-dick-cheney-receives-left-ventricular-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vice President Dick Cheney Receives Left Ventricular Assist Device"},"content":{"rendered":"
In an ominous development, former Vice President Dick Cheney has received a left ventricular device (LVAD) to aid the pumping of his failing heart. This is an indication of severe heart failure<\/a>. The long-term prognosis of patients who receive this device is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an ominous development, former Vice President Dick Cheney has received a left ventricular device (LVAD) to aid the pumping of his failing heart. This is an indication of severe heart failure. The long-term prognosis of patients who receive this device is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[2039,2347,2345,2344,2346],"yoast_head":"\n