My brother died in 2000 after a new procedure for heart problems. Elizabeth Taylor also helped in the education of doctors in new heart procedures. If some patients did not dare permit some experimentation there would not be any progress in treatment of heart problems. We have coma a long way since the 1900s. Richmond is a center for heart research so we hear a lot about the new procedures in the works. Of course not all patients make it, but at least they have a chance. Alice in Richmond, VA