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General Interest => Tacitus' Realm => Topic started by: Anne Bonney on October 13, 2010, 11:37:36 AM

Title: Dick Cheney has no pulse. No, really!
Post by: Anne Bonney on October 13, 2010, 11:37:36 AM

http://gizmodo.com/5591021/dick-cheney- ... -seriously (http://gizmodo.com/5591021/dick-cheney-has-no-pulse-seriously)

Dick Cheney has no pulse.

I'm not making a tired funny! Dick Cheney's new implant—a ventricular assist device—needed 'cause his heart is screwed, "leaves most recipients without a pulse because it pushes blood continuously instead of mimicking the heart's own pulsatile beat."

Of course, this presumes he had a pulse in the first place. (I know, I know, that's the bad punchline you were waiting for.) [NYT via Twitter, Image: NYT]



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