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Daily Digest Archive for March 8, 2003

Q: (Initially posted on March 6, 2003) FROM MENTEE KATE S. IN NY
My cousin recently survived a heart transplant. He showed me his pace maker,
and I was wondering how something that small could kept someone alive, and
also what exactly does it do?

March 8, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR DESIREE BUTTER IN PA
Kate,
The American Heart Association has a pacemaker information page. The address is:
http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/Articles_about_the_heart/The_Pace
maker_Center.html

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