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Blackwell Publishing To Launch New Cardiology Journal Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... and adults. This new journal highlights Blackwell's powerful medical publishing presence in the field of cardiology. "Congenital ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Lighten Up! New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA ... Try to laugh regularly, said one of the study's authors, Dr. Michael Miller, director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Heart ailment seems under-recognized in women Reuters.uk - UK ... a male majority," Olivotto from Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi in Florence and colleagues note in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

MEDICAL ASSISTANT / CARDIOLOGY The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA Full time medical assistant with prior experience, preferably in cardiology. ... Full time RN with cardiology/critical care experience required. ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

CV Therapeutics A 'Compelling' Cardiology Investment Forbes - USA ... "We believe that CV Therapeutics represents a compelling small cap investment in cardiology with three late-stage products to drive upside to the current stock ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Auditors Check Ten Indebted Bulgarian Hospitals Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria ... ten hospitals, which financial status will be probed, include Sofia's Saint Ekaterina, the Pirogov Emergency institute, the National Cardiology hospital, the ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Heart-friendly herbs Malaysia Star - Malaysia ... and fat deposits -- a process called atherosclerosis -- and cannot supply enough blood to the heart, the result is coronary heart disease (CHD) or ischaemic ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Chinese twins prepare to be separated WIS - Columbia,SC,USA ... system. One baby has congenital heart disease, while the other suffers from congenital problems with the pulmonary artery. But doctors ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

Army doctor saves heart of 8-year-old Afghan Army Public Affairs (press release) - USA ... They diagnosed her with Ventricular Septal Defect, which is a type of heart malfunction present at birth or congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 29 Août-August  )

For Angioplasty Patients, It's All In The Wrist WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA ... A study in the American Journal of Cardiology found, on average, there are significantly fewer complications, such as bleeding. ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Cardiologists treat patients having serious coronary arteries PakTribune.com - Pakistan Major General Noori Commandant/Executive Director of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology maneuvered the team . The procedures were ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Eating fish may cut risk of heart problems Reuters - USA ... similar subjects who had not. The results are published in the International Journal of Cardiology. After accounting for other potentially ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Taxus Has Lower MACE Rate Than Cypher, American Journal of ... I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA ... stent system. The results of the study were published in the August 1 edition of the American Journal of Cardiology. (I-Newswire ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Rotary Club has a heart for ailing Iraqi kids Chicago Sun-Times - United States ... Ali and Masuma Hmod, 11 months old, both from Iraq, are in Chicago for surgeries to correct a congenital heart defect known as tetralogy of Fallot. ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Identical twins undergo open-heart surgery Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India ... Prancing about in blue hospital gowns, the twins now have something else in common--they recently underwent open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Grayson family saying ‘thanks' to Children's Healthcare of ... Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA ... Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect and are the number one cause of death from birth defects during the first year of life. ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Charity ride shows intensive caring OCRegister (subscription) - Orange County,CA,USA ... Sunday. Garrett underwent heart surgeries after he was born with a complex congenital heart defect called tetralogy of Fallot. He ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Kenya next stop for Emirates World Heart Foundation surgeons WAM - Emirates News Agency - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates ... People suffering from coronary heart disease and congenital cardiac anomalies will be operated on. This is our first time to Kenya and our eighth trip. ...
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          2005 - 24 Août-August  )

Afghan girl to get heart surgery here Indianapolis Star - United States ... the Riley cardiovascular surgeon who corrected Qudrat's complex heart defect, also will ... The condition, one of the most common congenital heart defects, is ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

After 2nd son's death. 'I don't know how much more I can take' The Gloucester County Times - Woodbury,NJ,USA ... Kelly. Jason Kelly had a congenital heart defect and, during his life, had had eight pacemaker devices implanted, Mrs. Kelly said. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Wisconsin heart surgeon to fill UAMS post pioneering doctor held Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA ... as a national leader and an outstanding pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon who has pioneered multiple procedures for congenital heart disease surgery," Reece ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

A lifetime of triumphs for 6-year-old Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA ... Diagnosed with two congenital heart defects associated with DiGeorge syndrome, a chromosomal ... of her birth in Modesto, Calif., doctors found a heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Baby, it's about time National Post - Canada ... not working out the way you planned. So then what?" says Marelli, who directs a unit for patients with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

4d77b14b4 Renowned Cardiologist Dr. George Rodgers Joins Biophysical ... dBusinessNews Austin (press release) - Austin,TX,USA Dr. Rodgers has been in private practice in Austin since 1989, most recently as president of both the Austin Heart cardiology group and the Austin Heart ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Cardiac device recall process flawed, critics say Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA ... implants because of the same congenital heart condition, but ... they had the same serious heart condition ... their doctors about an electrical system defect with its ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

The Orange County Register OCRegister (subscription) - Orange County,CA,USA ... don't have experience dealing with congenital conditions. ... as thanks for diagnosing his valve defect, shells that ... old from Palau had a leaking heart valve and ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Diet prevents healthy developing heart disease NutraIngredients.com - Montpellier,France Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death in the UK, US and Australasia. The latest figures from the British ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Patients Fare Better With Doctors Who Do More Angioplasty ... MedIndia - India ... of those procedures each year. The paper is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In fact, the risk of ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Prairie Port, El Dorado festival rules brought up again El Dorado Times - El Dorado,KS,USA ... The Bancrofts sought to establish a room in the house in memory of their son, Kolbey, who died last year at age 2 from a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Coronary Heart Disease Events in ... Am. J.Epideminology (subscription) - UK ... Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a measure of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD), may be useful in identifying asymptomatic persons at risk of CHD events. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Boon for pre-term babies Newindpress - Chennai,India ... congenital malformations like tracheo oesophageal fistula (abnormal condition relating to wind-pipe and food-pipe), congenital heart disease and diaphragmatic ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Jerry's Kids rarediseases.about.com - USA ... Myotonic MD also affects the central nervous system, heart, digestive tract, eyes ... MD can give birth to an infant with a congenital form of the disease. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Washington nonprofit to review Erie County children's agency The State - Columbia,SC,USA ... committee that county officials set up to investigate the death of Brittany Legler, a 15-year-old mentally retarded girl who had a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

The wrath of Prof. Perel Ha'aretz (registration) - Tel Aviv,Israel ... One of those who suffered was a year-old infant who had a congenital heart defect and was hospitalized at Sheba for a catheterization procedure to be performed ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

NHPCO Applauds AHA/American College of Cardiology for ... AScribe - USA 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines about heart failure that stress early ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Potent Medicine Science News - USA ... rats that had a condition resembling the disease partially circumvents ... He's considering children born with congenital heart defects requiring prompt surgery. ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Tracy Press Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA ... He still lives with his heart defect, but we spend more time dealing with ... Pam and Bonnie, another Tracy mom that had a congenital heart disease child, teamed ...
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          2005 - 21 Août-August  )

Women at greater risk from heart drugs Drug Researcher.com - Montpellier,France ... The researchers, from Germany, were writing in the latest addition of the European Heart Journal, an official publication of the European Society of Cardiology ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Genetic Screening to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death HeartZine - London,UK More and more young people are dying from cardiovascular problems of a genetic origin, says Sydney's Molecular Cardiology Group associate professor Chris ... See all stories on this topic
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Screening may halt heart-related deaths The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... Sydney's Molecular Cardiology Group associate professor Chris Semsarian said more young people were dying from genetic cardiovascular problems. ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Hostility may speed death from heart disease Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan ... Boyle and his colleagues at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, report the findings in the American Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

ER heart-attack guidelines simplified Science Daily (press release) - USA ... Gibler, chairman of UC's Department of Emergency Medicine, said the guidelines were a streamlined version of the American College of Cardiology and American ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Patient Survival Benefits Demonstrated Within 30 Days of Initial ... ITNews - Roma,Italy ... heart failure. These data were published in the August 2 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Heart ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

UnitedHealth gives Baptist heart center "premium" designation Triad Business Journal - Greensboro,NC,USA ... To receive the designation, hospitals have to meet criteria set by the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Thoracic Surgeons and other groups. ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Technology improves heart catheterization Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA ... Center, where 1,000-pound magnets are encased in 2-ton "pods," Dr. Philip Casino performed Indiana's first interventional cardiology procedure utilizing ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

UPDATE 1-TABLE-Quinton Cardiology Q2 net income falls Reuters - USA --The Bothell, Washington-based maker of cardiology products said it expects third-quarter earnings to be between 8 cents and 11 cents per share, excluding any ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

NRIs donate freely for kids with heart diseases IANS - New Delhi,India Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) The plight of poor children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) here moved NRIs into donating $200,000 at a fund-raiser dinner held in ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

NRIs donate for kids with heart diseases Peninsula On-line - Qatar Hyderabad: The plight of poor children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) here moved NRIs into donating $200,000 at a fund-raiser dinner held in the US by a ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Inflammation marker C-reactive protein key in heart disease risk Health Sentinel - USA ... The authors conclude that, "CRP values > 10 mg/L appear to be important in CHD risk prediction" and that this study "extends previous reports on the ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

Fans recall their brushes with greatness San Jose Mercury News - United States Tyler was born with a congenital heart defect that kept him from participating in sports. Tyler also endured eight open-heart surgeries from ages 6 to 10. ...
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          2005 - 09 Août-August  )

SISTER PAYS TRIBUTE AS TRANSPLANT GIRL VICTORIA DIES Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom ... Born with congenital heart disease, Victoria's story touched many since she received her first heart transplant at the specialist heart hospital a decade ago. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Special Meeting of Cardiac Science Stockholders Regarding Proposed ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA ... CSQ Holding Company's registration statement on Form S-4 related to the Cardiac Science proposed merger with Bothell, WA-based Quinton Cardiology Systems, Inc. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Women missing out in heart treatment - more needed in clinical ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... to the drugs in a different way from men, according to research published on line today (Tuesday, 2 August) in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Women under-represented in heart drug trials Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... Her call for increasing the numbers of women in heart trials was backed by a editorial in the journal, which is published by the European Society of Cardiology ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Surgery Gives Fresh Start to Patients With Thickened Hearts AScribe - USA ... rates match those of the general population, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this week in Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Cardiology department lacks basic facilities Newindpress - Chennai,India KOLLAM: Despite the heavy rush of patients, the Cardiology Department of the district hospital here lacks basic facilities and the authorities concerned are ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Heart drug risk unknown in women Irish Health - Ireland ... that have shown clinical benefit in trials conducted predominantly in men", said one of the researchers, Dr Verena Stangl, a professor of cardiology in Berlin. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

In brief: short fuse; breathe easy; think positive ... Times Online - UK A hostile personality makes you more prone to an early death from heart disease, suggests a report in The American Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Signs of atherosclerosis seen in apparently healthy young adults News-Medical.net - World ... walls, which is an early indication of atherosclerosis, according to a new study in the Aug 2, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Airborne Pollutants Increase Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease ... Newswise (press release) - USA ... Women who live in areas with greater air pollution have a higher susceptibility of developing and dying from coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a multi ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Women missing out in heart treatment - more needed in clinical ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... said that although the percentage of women in studies of coronary heart disease had risen since the mid 1980s to reflect the prevalence of CHD in women, they ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Families celebrate rhythm of life Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA ... Association, the Cardiac Kids Connection assists families affected by congenital heart defects ... There was no history of heart disease in the family and no issues ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Pediatric Heart Care Blossoms RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA ... In reality, the percentage of the population with congenital heart disease remains the same, at about 1 percent, Garabedian says. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Actelion Announces Half-Year Financial Results 2005 PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... results of BREATHE-5, the first ever placebo-controlled study conducted in patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome, a severe form of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

A destiny of the tiny heart Ukrainska Pravda - local,Kiev,Ukraine ... 4 thousand of them have died before reaching the age of 1 year, out of these 1 138 died from the congenital heart disease or atelocardia. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Veterans' families 'at risk' The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... of veterans and their families had largely focused on congenital malformations and ... depression may put them at higher risk of coronary heart disease and suicide ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Red Alert! Toxic Dumpsites Uncovered in Lagos, Ibadan, Port ... AllAfrica.com - Africa ... other type is microcephaly (cases of children with small brains), macrocephaly (cases of extra large head), anencephaly and other congenital heart disease (CHD ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Is it necessary to restrict physical activity of CHD patients? AAP News (subscription) - USA In the past, children with congenital heart disease (CHD) were viewed as having failure to thrive and being chronically underweight. ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA ... including acute or chronic pulmonary embolism, sleep-disordered breathing, restrictive pulmonary disease, left heart disease, congenital heart defects, family ...
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          2005 - 03 Août-August  )

General Hospital cardiology unit in limbo Newindpress - Chennai,India ... are planning to stage a dharna at the hospital against the hospital authorities' negligent attitude towards the construction of the proposed cardiology unit. ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Pediatric Heart Care Blossoms RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA ... When Dr. Chris Anderson, an electrophysiologist at Northwest Pediatric Cardiology at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, visited Yakima and looked at her reports ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Hostility may speed death from heart disease Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan ... Boyle and his colleagues at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, report the findings in the American Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

New cardiologist starts at HSA Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands The Health Services Authority (HSA) has made a fresh start in cardiology with the arrival of Dr Stefan Ott. Cardiology has been ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Accuracy of 3-Dimensional Color Doppler-Derived Flow Volumes With ... Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA (JP, LH, MY, XL, DJS); and Department of Cardiology, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Detection of Cardiac Right-to-Left Shunts by Contrast-Enhanced ... Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Departments of Neurology (BD, WB, HK, AM, UB, TH, FS) and Cardiology (SH), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Address ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

New Cardiologist at Cayman Islands Hospital Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands Hospital has recruited a new cardiologist to enhance the range of speciality cardiology services being offered by the Health Services ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Is it necessary to restrict physical activity of CHD patients? AAP News (subscription) - USA In the past, children with congenital heart disease (CHD) were viewed as having failure to thrive and being chronically underweight. ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Actelion Announces Half-Year Financial Results 2005 PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... results of BREATHE-5, the first ever placebo-controlled study conducted in patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome, a severe form of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Hepatocyte transplantation for metabolic liver disease: UK ... Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ... function to correct an underlying metabolic defect. ... donor; livers removed after the heart has stopped ... 20 spf-ash mice for congenital ornithine transcarbamylase ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Couple grapples with son's heart defect Keokuk Gate City Daily - Keokuk,IA,USA ... The congenital heart defect doesn't affect the baby until birth, said Beth. The couple was given a few options - an abortion, heart ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Pediatric Heart Care Blossoms RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA The device was implanted when Hali underwent surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center, in Spokane, last January to correct a rare congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Meeting adversity with action Arkansas News - Little Rock,AR,USA ... Like many children with Down syndrome, the Brawners' daughter was born with a congenital heart defect which would require surgery, and weak trunk muscles that ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Guidant Issues Safety Alert on Fix for Cardiac Defibrillators RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA ... late May when it was reported that one of Hauser's patients, Joshua Oukrop, a 21-year-old Grand Rapids, Minn., man with a congenital heart defect, died after ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

CAMP BRIGHTENS KIDS' DARK DAYS Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA ... Sarah, who was 12, died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a congenital heart defect. "She was my best friend," Kat said. "I wish she hadn't died.". ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA ... disease, left heart disease, congenital heart defects, family ... with severe PH had right heart dysfunction similar ... but we excluded a large cardiac septal defect. ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )

Reclaiming a life Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA ... valve repairs or replacements, aortic replacements for aneurysms or atherosclerosis (a buildup of plaque inside the artery), congenital heart defect repairs or ...
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          2005 - 01 Août-August  )



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