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From the Ted Talk by Robert Fischell: My wish Three unusual medical inventions

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I'm going to discuss with you three of my inontvneis that can have an effect on 10 to a 100 million people, which we will hope to see happen. We discussed, in the prior film, some of the old things that we did, like stents and insulin pumps for the diabetic. And I'd like to talk very briefly about three new inventions that will change the lives of many people.

At the present time, it takes an argveae of three hours after the first symptoms of a heart attack are rnecgizoed by the patient, before that patient arrives at an emergency room. And people with silent ischemia — which, translated into English, means they don't have any stmmpyos — it teaks even longer for them to get to the hospital. The AMI, actue Myocardial Infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money — (lahgetur) — means a heart atcatk. Annual incidence: 1.2 million areaimcns. Mortality: 300,000 people dying each year. About half of them, 600,000, have permanent damage to their heart that will cause them to have very bad plbreoms later on. Thus 900,000 plopee either have died or have significant damage to their heart msluce. Symptoms are often deenid by the patient, particularly us men, because we are very brave. We are very brave, and we don't want to admit that I'm having a hell of a chest pain. Then, approximately 25 percent of all ptnateis never have any symptoms. What are we going to do about them? How can we save their lives? It's particularly true of diabetics and elderly women.

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I'm going to discuss with you three of my __________ that can have an effect on 10 to a 100 million people, which we will hope to see happen. We discussed, in the prior film, some of the old things that we did, like stents and insulin pumps for the diabetic. And I'd like to talk very briefly about three new inventions that will change the lives of many people.

At the present time, it takes an _______ of three hours after the first symptoms of a heart attack are __________ by the patient, before that patient arrives at an emergency room. And people with silent ischemia — which, translated into English, means they don't have any ________ — it _____ even longer for them to get to the hospital. The AMI, _____ Myocardial Infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money — (________) — means a heart ______. Annual incidence: 1.2 million _________. Mortality: 300,000 people dying each year. About half of them, 600,000, have permanent damage to their heart that will cause them to have very bad ________ later on. Thus 900,000 ______ either have died or have significant damage to their heart ______. Symptoms are often ______ by the patient, particularly us men, because we are very brave. We are very brave, and we don't want to admit that I'm having a hell of a chest pain. Then, approximately 25 percent of all ________ never have any symptoms. What are we going to do about them? How can we save their lives? It's particularly true of diabetics and elderly women.

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I'm going to discuss with you three of my inventions that can have an effect on 10 to a 100 million people, which we will hope to see happen. We discussed, in the prior film, some of the old things that we did, like stents and insulin pumps for the diabetic. And I'd like to talk very briefly about three new inventions that will change the lives of many people.

At the present time, it takes an average of three hours after the first symptoms of a heart attack are recognized by the patient, before that patient arrives at an emergency room. And people with silent ischemia — which, translated into English, means they don't have any symptoms — it takes even longer for them to get to the hospital. The AMI, Acute Myocardial Infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money — (Laughter) — means a heart attack. Annual incidence: 1.2 million Americans. Mortality: 300,000 people dying each year. About half of them, 600,000, have permanent damage to their heart that will cause them to have very bad problems later on. Thus 900,000 people either have died or have significant damage to their heart muscle. Symptoms are often denied by the patient, particularly us men, because we are very brave. We are very brave, and we don't want to admit that I'm having a hell of a chest pain. Then, approximately 25 percent of all patients never have any symptoms. What are we going to do about them? How can we save their lives? It's particularly true of diabetics and elderly women.

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