Eisenhower Failing
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
General Dwight Eisenhower was In an “extremely critical" condition today with a failing heart but doctors ruled out a heart transplant The doctors felt he was too old and too weak for such major surgery.
The general’s physicians said they had considered a transplant for their 77-year-old patient and discussed the matter with his family, who are maintaining a vigil near his bedside at Walter Reed General Hospital. “It is the opinion of those in attendance upon the general and concurred in by his family, that such a procedure is not Indicated because of the general’s age and presence of other major medical conditions,” a hospital bulletin issued late last night said.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31763, 21 August 1968, Page 13
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121Eisenhower Failing Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31763, 21 August 1968, Page 13
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