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CCU Heart Patients

critically ill medically monitored empirically studied passive subjects
CCU heart patients serve as subjects in Dr. Gwendolyn Chen's double-blind study on intercessory prayer, presented to secure NIH funding. Half received remote prayers without knowledge; they recorded an 11% drop in cardiac events versus controls. Their clinical outcomes become Senator Hoebuck's leverage for a pivotal vote, positioning the patients at the intersection of empirical medicine, faith healing claims, and White House vote-trading ethics.
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Cardiac Care Research
Also known as: CCU patients, patients, heart-patients, PATIENTS (CCU heart-patients)

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter
Prayer for a Vote — Hoebuck's Price

Not present; their clinical outcomes are repurposed as political evidence.

The CCU heart patients are referred to as the study cohort: half were prayed for and their outcomes are cited as the basis for the 11% reduction claim.

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Affiliations

Duke Medical Center
Cardiac Research and Clinical Studies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Federal Biomedical Research Funding and Clinical Studies
Pacific College of Medicine
Medical Research on Intercessory Prayer and Cardiac Outcomes
Med-American Heart Institute
Medical Research on Intercessory Prayer and Cardiac Outcomes