Heart: An American Medical Odyssey (53 page)

Snyder, Howard,
33
–34

Sones, Dr. Mason¸
54
,
95

Sorensen, Theodore,
124

Soviet Union,
10
,
48
,
67
,
75
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
200
,
221
–22,
287

Speir, Dr. Alan M.,
269
,
286
,
311
–13,
315

Spiro, Dr. Ronald,
64
,
65
–66

spironolactone,
218

statin medications,
40
,
81
–82,
234

Steiger, Bill,
44
,
45
,
99

Steiger, Janet,
44

Steiner, Dr. Morris,
160

stenting, coronary artery,
147
–52,
251
,
252

streptokinase,
78
–80

stress tests

Cheney’s results on,
40
,
57
,
74
,
75
,
116
,
118
,
120
,
122
,
128
,
216
,
217

description of mechanism of,
116
–18

Reiner’s use of,
16
,
118
,
120
,
122
,
128
,
216
,
217

stroke,
22
,
82
,
108
,
154
,
227
,
243
,
248
,
250
,
260
,
303

Stroock, Tom,
14

sudden cardiac arrest (SCA),
237
–38,
239
,
240
,
241
,
248
,
252
,
283

sulfinpyrazone,
40

Sununu, John,
100
–01

Supreme Court,
134

Taliban,
213

Teeter, Bob,
30

terrorist attacks,
189
–92,
194
–97,
195
,
283

Thomas, Bill,
156

Thoratec,
262
,
281

Three Mile Island facility, Pennsylvania,
46

Tillett, William,
78
–79

tissue plasminogen activator (tPA),
77
,
79
–80

tobacco use.
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smoking

Tower, John,
99
–100

Tracy, Dr. Cindy,
198
–99,
210
,
217
,
220
,
228
,
230

triglycerides,
41
,
219

Tubb, Dr. Richard “Dick,”
163
,
173
–74,
179
,
195

Twelfth Amendment,
114

Twenty-Fifth Amendment,
154
,
155

Tyler, John,
123

Ukraine,
221
,
222

Union Pacific Railroad,
7

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS),
301
,
302
,
306
–07

U.S. News & World Report,
45
,
172
–73

Varghese, Dr. P. Jacob,
76
,
77

vasodilators,
33
,
255

Venbrux, Dr. P. Anthony “Tony,”
203
–04,
208
,
210
,
211

ventricular fibrillation (V Fib),
37
,
39
,
74
,
174
–75,
176
,
183
,
185
,
225
,
241
,
296

ventricular tachycardia,
174
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175
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176
,
179
–80,
182
,
185
,
196
,
308

Vietnam War,
10
,
26

VIP Syndrome,
137

Voronoy, Dr. Yurii,
289

Vourlekis, Dr. Jason,
271
,
272
,
300

waiting list for heart,
301
–02,
306
–07

Wallace, Dr. Robert,
87
–88

Wallop, Malcolm,
71
,
102

Wall Street Journal,
152

Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
26

Wangensteen, Dr. Owen,
295

warfarin,
35
,
213
,
248
–49,
250

Washington, George,
253

Washkansky, Louis,
295
–97

Wasserman, Dr. Alan,
134
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135
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138
,
150
–51,
166
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167
,
169
–71,
182

Waters, Thomas¸
198

Weigert, Karl,
35

weight

Cheney’s health and,
5
,
41
,
164
,
174
,
197
,
216
,
218
,
225
–26,
231
,
236
,
265
,
266
,
300

diet and,
21
–22

fluid retention and,
5

heart failure and,
231

as risk factor,
25
,
218

smoking and,
9
,
23

Weintraub, Walter,
137

West Nile virus,
196

White House Communications Agency (WHCA),
157
,
159
,
161

White House Medical Unit (WHMU),
156
–58,
159
–60,
161
–66,
167
,
195
,
205
,
206
,
211
–12,
214
,
235

Whittington, Harry,
160

Whittington, Mercedes,
160

Williams, Dr. John “Skip,”
169
–70

Williams, Pete,
73
–74

Wilson, Woodrow,
154

Witzenburger, Ed,
14
,
28

Wright, Jim,
72

Yale University,
102
,
114

Yuschenko, Viktor,
222

Zocor,
81

Zoll, Dr. Paul,
38

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