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March 2005

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Media Invitation - Creation of New Cardiology Chair Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada MONTREAL, March 24 /CNW Telbec/ - On Wednesday, March 30th, at 11:00 am, the Université de Montréal and the Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (ICM) will ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Departments of *Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, and ... Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA Address correspondence and reprint requests to Nagara Ono, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Thieves make off with medical equipment CBC Calgary - Calgary,Alberta,Canada ... long time. They were so excited about getting this new stretcher into the cardiology department, and it disappeared.". While the ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Fallon Clinic expands cardiology services Milford Daily News - Milford,MA,USA MILFORD -- Fallon Clinic, the largest group practice in central Massachusetts, has expanded its cardiology services for Milford and surrounding towns. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Coronary heart disease, high-versus low dose Atorvastatin Xagena.it - Italy ... have recommended an LDL cholesterol level of less than 100 mg per deciliter as the goal of therapy for patients at high risk for coronary heart disease ( CHD
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Young SethWilson Gray not blue Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho,NM,USA ... two names often run together when his mother would call for him in their Northeast Heights neighborhood - was born with a congenital heart defect of the aorta. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Toddler's first phase of heart surgery successful Malaysia Star - Malaysia ... who underwent a unifocalisation procedure to correct a congenital heart anomaly at ... called pulmonary artery stenosis with ventricular septal defect or hole in ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Transplant was challenge for surgeons San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA ... Congenital heart defects are rare, occurring in less than 1 percent of births. And of that group, only about 1 percent might have a defect in the same category
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Treatment of cardiac lesions without anaesthesic Basque Research.com - Usurbil,Spain ... has introduced a novel technique for the treatment of congenital heart defects and ... PFO is a defect of the interauricular septum (partition or wall separating
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Platte Calendar Liberty Sun News - Liberty,MO,USA ... Defects," led by the Congenital Heart Defects Families Association, is open to anyone whose family member, living or deceased, was born with a heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

AFGHAN BOY TO HAVE SURGERY IN UNITED STATES Montana News Association - Billings,MT,USA ... most common cyanotic, or oxygen-depleting, congenital heart disease, occurring in ... be open-heart, and his heart will be ... and signs of his birth defect will never ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Common congenital heart treatment improved Heart Center Online - USA Mar 24 (HeartCenterOnline) - Physicians in Spain have developed a new treatment for a common congenital heart defect that can be performed without anesthesia. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

The 'quality of life' lie WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA ... Approximately half of DS children are born with a heart defect, and a great many ... According to one source, the cause of polyhydramnios is congenital defects. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Docs helping 'miracle' tot Edmonton Sun - Canada ... "At the same time, I'm trying not think this might be her last days here.". "Lexi" was born with a congenital heart defect and a rare syndrome which causes lung ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

The Perioperative Management of a Patient with Complex Single ... Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... rate and rhythm, and inotropy can occur and may be contrary to anesthetic management goals for patients with certain conditions of congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Young SethWilson Gray not blue Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho,NM,USA ... in their Northeast Heights neighborhood - was born with a congenital heart defect of ... The Heart Walk's purpose is to raise awareness of heart disease and its ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Sonographic Evaluation of the Ventricular Cardiac Outflow Tracts Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine To the Editor: Congenital heart disease is a major source of perinatal morbidity and mortality. ... Simpson LL. Screening for congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

A New Approach to Fetal Echocardiography Digital Casts of the ... Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine ... Spatiotemporal image correlation and the inversion mode were used in the examination of the volume data sets of 23 fetuses with congenital heart anomalies.
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Discovery Boosts Hope for Heart Repair Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA ... "It represents a new way to think about congenital heart disease, not just as a defect in the gene or in the structure, but actually as a defect within these ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Causes and symptoms of high blood pressure Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India ... the flow of blood through the affected heart is impeded ... to kidney diseases, such as Bright's disease, to adrenal tumors, or to congenital narrowing of ...
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          2005 - 29 Mars-March  )

Research Presented at American College of Cardiology Annual ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA ... A research report presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session 2005 in Orlando, Florida, suggests that D-Ribose can play a
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA Sophia Antipolis, France, 17 March 2005: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) today launches its new initiative Women at Heart at the Spring Meeting of its ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Secondary Prevention Post-Myocardial ... Medscape (subscription) - USA Background: Omega-3 fatty acids from fish and fish oils can protect against coronary heart disease (CHD), which is still the most common cause of death in the
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Child patient chosen as hospital ambassador The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA ... Samantha was born with a heart defect that affected her mitral valve, which keeps the blood flowing properly through the heart's left side. ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Simple Birth Defect - Enough To Abort Child Warner Todd Huston Opinion Editorials - Fairfax,VA,USA ... abortion become a thing of little consequence, the heart of society ... Birth defect? ... St Michael's Church, Chester, England was born with a congenital jaw defect ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

The following report by medical editor Marilyn Brooks first aired ... Pittsburgh Channel.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA ... Kelly Horn is the first child in the United States to have her congenital heart defect repaired with the new technique. The hole ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Northland Community Calendar for March 23-29 Kansas City Star - MO,USA ... Registration deadline April 1. (816-436-2200). . CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS: For those whose family member, living or deceased, was born with a heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Today's most read story is: DeSoto Times - Southaven,MS,USA ... Ben Flanagan, who celebrated his 16th birthday March 8, had been born with a congenital heart defect and suffered multiple health problems. ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women Receives $50,000 ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA ... a regional center for neonatal care, a Congenital Heart Institute, maternal ... CRESTOR has not been determined to prevent heart disease, heart attacks, or strokes ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Girl needs urgent overseas treatment Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia ... to a medical report issued by the Royal Victory Teaching Hospital (RVTH) on 16 march 2005, Aret Gomez was diagnosed for cyanotic congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Osmeña asks SEC to probe hospital The Freeman - Cebu,Philippines ... Osmeña's move stemmed from a complaint he received from a man whose four-month-old daughter was confined at the hospital for congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

MIV Therapeutics Completes Acquisition of SagaX, Developer of ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... irregularities, such as atrial fibrillation; congenital malformations of the heart, such as patent Foramen Ovale (PFO); heart valve disease, and previous heart ...
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          2005 - 21 Mars-March  )

Pacemakers Could Cause Heart Failure HealthCentral.com - USA ... The study, published in the March issue of The American Journal of Cardiology, examined the records of 11,426 New Jersey patients who had had pacemakers ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Russia sees 'stem cell therapy' craze San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA ... This is all illegal," said Vladimir Smirnov, director of the Institute of Experimental Cardiology, who runs an adult stem cell bank. ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Mountain living 'good for heart' BBC News - E,UK ... She added: "Another major benefit for protection against CHD is a diet high in fruit and vegetables and oily fish, but the researchers admit that they did not ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Patch Treats Atrial Septal Defect WNBC - New York,NY,USA ... Kelly. Kelly is the first person in the United States to have her congenital heart defect repaired using a new technique. Dr. Larry ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Afghan Toddler Continues to Improve Following Heart Operation WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA ... boy is making after major surgery to repair a heart defect. ... met the tiny baby with the very sick heart. ... doctors worked to repair severe congenital heart defects ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Taking the Oscar foetal abnormality test Malaysia Star - Malaysia ... Down babies are likely to be born with a flat head, slitty eyes, a protruding tongue, short hands and feet and, possibly, congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Families share joys, pains of organ donation MLive.com - MI,USA ... "If she would have had so much as gum disease, she would ... Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, Leslie Morrell was diagnosed with congenital heart failure. ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Washington, DC, as part of a Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA ... had four operations for the congenital heart defect. ... waited two years for open-heart surgery for ... defects, cancer, muscular and cardiovascular disease, AIDS and ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Causes of Heart murmur Express Newsline - Mohali,India ... Heart murmur can occur as a result of any various heart valve defects, injured semi-lunar valves, or type of congenital heart disease, syphilis, and rheumatic
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

William Wikoff Smith Professor of Cardiovascular Research ... UPENN Almanac - Pennsylvania,USA ... This honor befits his talents and drive to find the causes of common forms of congenital heart disease," says Dr. Michael S. Parmacek, chief of the division ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

A Promising Recovery After a New Aortic Valve Procedure Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA ... year attributed primarily to valve disease, according to ... leading manufacturer of surgically installed heart valves. ... valve defects are often congenital, many of ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Public Service The Freeman - Cebu,Philippines BENJAMIN Quijano, five years old, from Tipolo, Mandaue City, has congenital heart disease. Benjamin's parents are appealing to ...
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          2005 - 17 Mars-March  )

Laugh and Prevent Heart Attacks Express Newsline - Mohali,India ... Yesterday the results of the study were presented at the scientific session of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida. ...
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

Study Finds High Statin Doses Can Ease Mild Heart Disease Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA ... The study, presented at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Fla., tested the Pfizer drug Lipitor in two groups of patients who had
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

Studies show better medication for heart attacks Xinhua - China Researchers attending an American College of Cardiology meetingheld in Orlando, Florida, said the new strategy is the first big advance in heart attack care in ...
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

American College Of Cardiology Joins Institute For Healthcare ... Medical News Today - UK The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) announced today at its 54th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando that it has joined the Institute for ...
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

Deal assures child to get heart surgery SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA ... Ryland, 15 months old, had been scheduled to have open-heart surgery on Thursday to correct a severe congenital defect. But last ...
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

Dying girl keeps hope alive for family INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines ... Doris Mendoza, a pediatric cardiologist in Iloilo City, to be suffering from a cyanotic type of congenital heart disease known as Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). ...
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          2005 - 13 Mars-March  )

Drug helps avoid stroke and heart attack, says research Ireland Online - Ireland ... University of New York. Results were presented today at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Orlando, Florida. The study was ..
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Study Published in International Journal of Cardiology Suggests ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA ... HAVEN, Conn., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A scientific study to be published in the March 10, 2005, issue of the International Journal of Cardiology indicates that ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Laughter is good for the heart, study finds Newsweek - USA ... The two studies, presented at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Fla., show how psychological factors can affect a person's health. ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Coronary surgery revolutionised by new technology Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia ... arteries have in just a few years revolutionised treatment of coronary disease, said scientists attending the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Nothing like a good laugh to tickle the blood vessels Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA ... Miller is director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine. ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Statins slash heart-attack risk Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA ... results are being published in the New England Journal of Medicine were released early Tuesday to coincide with an American College of Cardiology meeting in ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

The Stent Wars Continue Motley Fool - USA ... Last weekend, more data was presented at the American College of Cardiology (one of the preeminent medical meetings -- think Woodstock for cardiologists ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Machine filters gunk from arteries Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA ... vitamin E. "This is very specialized and intensive," said Dr. Laurence Sperling, Emory's director of preventive cardiology. Only about ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Blood Sodium Levels Affect Heart Failure Survival Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA ... a major impact on mortality of heart failure patients," lead presenter Dr. Mihai Gheorghiade, associate chief, division of cardiology, Northwestern Memorial ...
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          2005 - 09 Mars-March  )

Stents, skin test among topics at cardiology conference Kansas City Star - MO,USA ... Every detail of caring for the body's most important muscle - the heart - will be sifted through this week during a cardiology meeting in Orlando that has ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

Studies Find Aspirin Resistance in up to 27% of Aspirin Users With ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA ... New studies reported at the 2005 Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) confirm that up to 27 percent of aspirin users with ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

ASDF plane transports sick Iraqi girl to Kuwait Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan TOKYO -- An Air Self-Defense Force plane transported a 5-year-old Iraqi girl with a congenital heart defect from a southern Iraqi airport to Kuwait in ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

Double Carotid Artery Procedures Can Be Safe Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA ... to patients who are at high-risk for surgery and require rapid treatment," interventional cardiologist Dr. Michel Henry, Cabinet de Cardiologie in Nancy, said ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

Johns Hopkins University and Toshiba Present Second Annual Cardiac ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA Toshiba is an exhibitor (Booth #3551) at the 2005 Annual Scientific Session sponsored by the American College of Cardiology, held at Orlando's Orange County ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

5 area manufacturers win awards Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA ... Under the deal, Quinton Cardiology Systems, a maker of heart-testing machines based in Bothell, Wash., would merge with Cardiac Science, a California maker of ...
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          2005 - 07 Mars-March  )

Waiting for a new heart can strain others' Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA ... 20, was one of seven major surgeries Nick has been through. He was born with a heart defect known as complex congenital heart disease, Herrington said. ...
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