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Dr. Chase N. Peterson, vice president for health affairs at the University of Utah Medical Center said the complication was ''minor.'' He said the surgery this evening meant ''a pause in the recovery,'' not a setback. Dr. [Nathan Pace] told Dr. [Barney B. Clark]: ''I want to make you comfortable, but I don't want to hurt your heart. If you feel you will be placid enough, I won't give you anything.'' Nevertheless, Dr. Anderson said, ''It was a dramatic moment. There was no going back.'' ''From there on we were going on faith,'' he said. Faith that the artificial heart, called the Jarvik 7, for Robert K. Jarvik, who designed it. would work

''The artificial heart and his cardiovascular response continue to do very well,'' Dr. [Chase N. Peterson] said at a news conference. ''He has gone from a man who was blue from not enough oxygen before surgery to being pink now,'' Dr. Peterson said. The reason for the change in color was that the artificial heart was delivering enough oxygenated blood to meet his body's demands, which his dying heart could not do. ''His brain is good - we didn't know that until he woke up,'' Dr. Peterson said. ''All the things we worried about have not happened. There's nothing that we need to look for new, beyond just regaining strength. All he needs to do is heal.'' That figure, Dr. Peterson contended, was ''better than for many common procedures such as the coronary bypass operation.'' Nonetheless, the researchers clearly acknowledge that they cannot reliably extrapolate data from animals to humans. When Dr. [William C. DeVries] was asked what the most important thing the team had learned from the historic operation was, he said: ''People aren't animals. As many times as we had done it with animals, it was quite different.''

Dr. [William C. DeVries] declared the operation ''a success'' and expressed cautious optimism about Dr. [Barney B. Clark]'s prognosis. ''He looks like any other patient coming out of open-heart surgery,'' Dr. DeVries said. His recovery, he added, ''is not over yet; it's just beginning.'' The surgeon said that ''last night, all the doctors on the team believed he would be dead'' without the operation, ''and he isn't.'' The operation was described as a dazzling technical achievement. But its value in the treatment of the estimated 50,000 Americans each year who might need it will depend partly on how long and how well Dr. Clark and other recipients live. Moreover, if the procedure proves successful, it will raise difficult questions about who should receive the hearts and the nation's willingness to pay the price. The device itself cost $16,450. ''This man is no different than Columbus,'' he said. ''He is striking out for new territory.'' For the last three years, Dr. Clark has suffered from a condition of unknown cause called idiopathic cardiomyopathy, which is a primary disease of the heart muscle. It resulted in congestive heart failure, in which an insufficient supply of blood is circulated through the body

The doctor examined [Johnny] thoroughly, feeling for swollen lymph glands and finding none. He put a throat stick in Johnny's mouth and looked in with a flashlight. The throat was not red enough to indicate scarlet fever. The inside of the cheeks had none of the socalled Koplik spots that go with measles. The second stage is ushered in quickly as the rash spreads, sometimes accompanied by headache, upset stomach and malaise. The rash tends to take on a lace-like appearance; some mothers have described it as ''lakes and rivers on a map.'' The rash usually lasts a week, often coming and going during that period - the third stage. The rash of fifth disease, for example, tends to be blotchy, with a lacy pattern. It lacks the sandpaper texture that tends to characterize the rash of scarlet fever, a form of streptococcal infection. Nor did Johnny have the red throat that often accompanies scarlet fever, nor was he as sick as scarlet fever victims usually are. The pediatrician also considered toxic shock syndrome, which is, in fact, a form of scarlet fever. Although attention has focused in recent months on the occurrence of toxic shock among tampon users, the ailment can affect anyone at any age

Individuals with unstable angina were divided into two groups. One received buffered ASA, the other a placebo (an ASA look-alike) pill for 12 weeks. The study participants began taking the medication within 51 hours of entering the hospital for treatment of unstable angina

Whether or not Dr. Lewis felt prohibited from describing his work beyond the abstract and in the scientific session, the spotlight today was on Dr. [Arnold S. Relman]'s policy as well as on the research itself. Dr. Relman has imposed restrictions on researchers submitting papers to his prestigious journal, insisting that release of the full data has to await the date on which the article is published. Editors of other medical journals have publicly acknowledged the economic issue and have disagreed with Dr. Relman's policy, arguing that it is a restriction of information for which the taxpayer has paid. Dr. Relman replies that researchers like Dr. Lewis are free to publish their papers in other journals. Dr. Relman has said that researchers are free to discuss their papers at medical meetings and to talk to reporters. However, many researchers have declined to cooperate and some have withheld presenting data at meetings for fear their papers will not be published. Dr. Relman has said that his position is supported by the research community

According to one American intelligence expert, United States officials knew for several years that Mr. [Leonid I. Brezhnev] had suffered from severe arteriosclerosis and believed he had suffered from other unspecified ailments as well. In 1977 American intelligence officials publicly suggested that Mr. Brezhnev had also been suffering from gout, leukemia and emphysema, a chronic lung disorder. Each of the conditions listed in the official statement issued after Mr. Brezhnev's death could have been fatal. There was no indication which of them was the immediate cause of death, a fact that is often stated on American death certificates. In any event, as American doctors noted, Mr. Brezhnev's sudden death could have been due to a combination of conditions. A Longtime Chain Smoker It is also possible that Mr. Brezhnev's death was caused by a disturbance in the heart's rhythm, which would not be found by an autopsy. Mr. Brezhnev was believed to have had a pacemaker inserted to control his heart rhythm abnormalities

The statement did not give the specific cause of death or describe the treatment the Soviet president received, but said he suffered from four disorders that were confirmed by an autopsy: . - An aneurysm (ballooning) of the abdominal aorta - the artery that carries the oxygenated blood pumped by the heart to the lower half of the body. . - An insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to the heart because of severe blockage of the coronary arteries. . - Heart rhythm abnormalities resulting from..

The author of the ballot question, Ted Chabasinski, an activist for the rights of mental patients, said he was ''delighted'' with the vote. He predicted the victory would provoke ''a lot more focus on shock treatment around the country.'' He said his group, Coalition to Stop Electroshock, would consider seeking to place a similar ban on the ballot statewide. Because California has a state law regulating electroshock therapy, Mr. [John Blamphin] said, ''There is a question if Berkeley as a local jurisdiction can go further and ban it.'' Rose Poirot, a spokesman for Herrick Hospital, the only one where electroshock therapy has been performed in Berkeley, said that the hospital would ''comply with the law as soon as it becomes official,'' meaning after action by the City Council. The earliest date would be Tuesday

Herpes - a name derived from the Greek for ''to creep'' - is a chronic, recurring, often very painful disease caused by the herpes simplex virus. People can be infected, yet have no symptoms; such people are carriers who can spread the disease to other, more susceptible people. And there is tantalizing evidence that genital herpes can lead to cervical cancer, although the link is not proved. Genital herpes was little noticed in the United States until the mid-1960's, after virologists learned that there are two basic types - herpes 1 and herpes 2. Epidemiologists now have linked many cases of type 1 to cold sores and infections of the face and eye, and many of type 2 to genital herpes. However, the distinction is not perfect. Some cases of genital herpes are caused by herpes type 1. Genital herpes is not always sexually transmitted; in children, for example, it can be spread from one part of the body to another. As doctors and epidemiologists became more aware of the medical complications of herpes, particularly genital herpes, they passed the word along to Americans for purposes of health education. The resulting publicity has made herpes a household word. But it has also led to some incorrect diagnoses of herpes