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None of the participants in the study had suffered a heart attack, death or other serious complication at a six-month follow-up after their procedure.
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Patients who survive the procedure face years of painful screenings, follow up procedures and a bevy of lifetime prescriptions for powerful drugs.
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Doctors considered the procedure a success, and Kennedy underwent follow-up radiation treatments and chemotherapy.
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"They kept on telling me that my name is common to some name that has popped up on the computer, so they need to follow procedure, " he said.
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In my world, the COST to put in a simple pacemaker-what the hospital gets paid to cover the entire procedure, the OR, the staff, 30 days of follow up, etc.
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Of course, transplants are also expensive, with costs in the hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars per procedure, and additional significant costs throughout the years for the follow up care.
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