He pleaded guilty - before US District Judge William Pauley in a federal court in lower Manhattan - to a count of wire fraud, and said he was "truly sorry".

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An LV lead (a thin, coated wire) is placed on the lower left chamber of the heart (the left ventricle) to stimulate the two sides of the heart to beat in synchronization with each other, which helps the heart to beat more efficiently.

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In the late 1960s microwave replaced copper wire as the mainstay of long-distance phone traffic: more volume at lower cost.

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