Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
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Sankyo, 80
Saudi Arabia, visits to, 105, 224–25, 244
Scarlett, Dick, 245
Schatz, Dr. Richard, 145, 146
Schlesinger, Arthur, 124
Scott, Jimmy, 190
Scowcroft, Brent, 100
Scudero, Jamie, 297
Scully, Matthew, 129
secretary of defense
Cheney as, 48, 82, 100–06
Tower’s nomination to, 99–100
Senate Armed Services Committee, 28, 96–97, 99–100, 102, 103
Seven Countries Study, 22
Sherman, Dr. Harry, 53, 90–91
shortness of breath
atrial fibrillation with, 227
Cheney’s symptoms of, 4, 135, 174, 211, 214, 216, 226, 265, 231, 303
heart failure with, 254, 303
Shumway, Dr. Norman, 287–88, 290, 293, 296, 297–99
Siegel, Dr. Stephen, 122
Silva, Dan, 274
Simpson, Al, 12–13, 48, 71, 102
simvastatin, 81
skiing, 45, 84, 87, 97, 99, 108, 118, 158, 309
sleep apnea, 3
Smith, Dr. Craig, 122
smoking
Cheney and, 8–9, 12, 25, 41, 45, 50, 57
Cheney’s family background of, 7, 8
decline in rates of, 23–24
Eisenhower and, 33
quitting after a heart attack, 24, 41, 50
Reiner’s sister and, 23
as risk factor, 8–9, 12, 24, 25, 215
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. See 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, 175, 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, 135, 138, 150–51, 166, 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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