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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, after reading transplant guidelines I am going to go with "used his clout for a heart"... The upper age limit is 55 years old. Older patients are taken but it seems a crock of shit that Cheney would meet the considerations.

Google it, do some research. It's not common in people his age.

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Age limit is perhaps the most controversial aspect of candidate selection for heart transplantation. The age of 55 years has traditionally been the accepted upper limit beyond which heart transplantation should not be considered.4 However, with advances in surgical and immunosupression techniques, older patients are often considered for transplantation. Heart transplantation in patients as old as 72 years of age have been reported.5 However, a study comparing carefully selected heart transplant recipients greater than 65 years of age to those between the ages of 55 and 64, show that although survival is similar, the number of hospital days and infections during post-transplant year one is significantly greater for the older group. In addition, patients greater than 65 years of age had more severe functional limitations after transplantation and had difficulty returning to full functional capacity. Patients between the ages of 60 and 65 should be carefully scrutinized, because the incidence of co-morbidities that would limited life expectancy or quality of life increases with age. These co-morbidities include cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, renal disease, hepatic disease, pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, malignancy, benign prostatic hypertrophy, diverticulosis, obesity, loss of mental acuity and deceased rehabilitation potential.[/quote]

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