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(56,265 posts) Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:19 AM Mar 2012

IMPLANT. cheney got a heart IMPLANT. [View all]

if cheney got someone else's heart put into his chest cavity, that would be a heart IMPLANT, not a heart TRANSPLANT.

did the wizard of oz give the tin man a heart TRANSPLANT?

i don't think so.

please use the correct terminology.

thank you for your time and attention.

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IMPLANT. cheney got a heart IMPLANT. [View all] unblock Mar 2012 OP

Cheney didn't have a heart to take out in the first place lunatica Mar 2012 #1

Halliburton probably built him a pump. nt Ilsa Mar 2012 #2

If Halliburton built it, it would gush blood all over jberryhill Mar 2012 #5

If Halliburton built it, it could electrocute him when he showers pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #6

No, it would be a transplant, because the organ itself is transplanted. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #3

The Wizard of Oz gave the Tin Man a Watch... (***<<<oops! Spoiler!) ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #4

Either way, he doesn't deserve one Redneck Democrat Mar 2012 #7

...Nature is SCARED of Cheney, though... Ken Burch Mar 2012 #9

I heard they let Cheney strangle the donor himself Ken Burch Mar 2012 #8

Implant was the term used with the ventricular assist device w8liftinglady Mar 2012 #10