"It's used particularly for open-heart surgery, where you need immediate control of the anti-coagulant, " says Jack Ansell, vice chair of clinical affairs at Boston University Medical Center.

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This is not just another emotional story intended to tug at your heart strings enough to get you to open your check book and help these organizations, although to that I am not opposed.

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The service is all that care from the surgeon, the team of nurses, the time in a hospital bed, heck, the pain itself (you do have to cut open the rib cage to do heart surgery).

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You could use this one to keep a human alive during open-heart surgery.

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Ms. ADAMS: I would have to say that "Open My Heart" was the one that really, for me, signifies, you know, I'm a great writer.

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My heart went out to you when I saw you trying to keep your eyes open during an MLK Day sermon.

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