11.   Then he cut through a layer of fat and protective tissue, her diseased heart now exposed.

12.   Three-quarters of patients have high blood pressure, and some have diseased heart valves.

13.   Various conditions are known to touch off the fibrillation, especially heart failure, which can also result from AF, and diseased heart valves.

14.   Otherwise they, especially patients with diseased hearts just await the embrace of death.

15.   One of the most widely tested is the left ventricular assist device, which is attached to a diseased heart to help it do its work.

16.   The Accufix wire is a J-shaped hook used to implant an electrical coil that sends shocks to a pacemaker to keep a diseased heart beating regularly.

17.   The J-shaped hooks are used to put in place the electrical coil that sends shocks to a pacemaker to keep a diseased heart beating regularly.

18.   Years ago, heart transplantation moved beyond the realm of medical experimentation to become an accepted operating-room therapy for patients dying of diseased hearts.