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November 2005

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A woman's heart is `different' Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India ... in which the heart valve tissue is weaker and the valve tends to leak, causing chest pain and palpitation)," Dr Sunil Kapoor, Chief of Cardiology Division at ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

Escorts introduces 3-D echo cardiology Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India New Delhi, November 25: The Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC) has introduced a three-dimensional (iE33) echo-cardiology technology for the ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

Mumbai to host Asia Pacific Congress of cardiology Webindia123 - India About 5000 cardiologists from across the world will participate in the 15th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiology (APCC) begining here from December one. ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

State-of-the-art cardiology clinic opens in Georgetown Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana Guyanese suffering from heart disease now have access to a state-of-the-art cardiology clinic which was officially opened last Friday at 227 South Road ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

Regional heart-care leader Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA ... To be considered, a hospital must treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, including those who have congestive heart failure and heart attack, as well as ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

BAFPA to organise workshop on cardiology Newindpress - Chennai,India ... BAFPA) in association with Medical Education and Research Trust, Bangalore and KLES Hospital, Belgaum will organise one-day workshop on Cardiology, Urology and ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

No Easy Fixes for The Heart Washington Post - United States ... heart problem or a more serious defect at birth ... word that anyone who had a heart difficulty early ... The survival rate from congenital heart disease, minimal in ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

Baby's heart makes medical history Buffalo News - NY, United States ... 20 shared many features of known congenital malformations. ... But the heart defect made his condition unstable, and he was immediately taken to the intensive care ...
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          2005 - 28 Novembre-November  )

Lifestyle can avert heart disease Huntsville Times - Huntsville,AL,USA ... does. He's director of the Clinical Cardiology Department and Noninvasive Laboratory at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

Value of blood test to diagnose heart failure, study Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with both systolic and diastolic heart failure," says James Januzzi Jr., MD, of the MGH Cardiology Division, the ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

Sensible drinking Malaysia Star - Malaysia ... The studies also show that light to moderate alcohol drinkers have a lower risk for fatal or non-fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) than those who do not ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

Device Helps Heart Pump WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. CHD is caused ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

Unfit and Lean Have Fewer Cardiac Risk Factors Than Fit and Fat Medscape (subscription) - USA ... that participants who were highly fit and had a normal body mass index (BMI) had the best risk factor profiles for coronary heart disease (CHD), while those ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

children's healthcare of Atlanta teaching fellow honored by the ... I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA ... Medicine. She is currently conducting congenital heart disease research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Prior ...
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          2005 - 24 Novembre-November  )

Deborah Heart and Lung Center Gives Greek Child Second Chance at ... Hellenic News of America - USA ... Marios-Rafail¢ outward appearance that would give away his having a heart defect. ... team, Marios-Rafail is completely void of the congenital heart defects that ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Coronary Heart Disease Harvard Post - Harvard,MA,USA ... The myocardium makes up the bulk of the heart, is responsible for its pumping action and is, therefore, of primary importance in any discussion of CHD. ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Boy with heart defect gets help in Hy'bad Times of India - India ... when the Divakars thought their life had hit a joyous run, doctors at MGM Hospital, Navi Mumbai, informed them that Ketan had a congenital heart disease (CHD). ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

A New Heart for Kendra WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA ... Kenda was born with a congenital heart defect, she had four surgeries, including a pacemaker and a heart transplant before she turned four. ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Continuity of Care San Francisco Chronicle - United States ... "That was the first time in my life I've ever met anybody else with any kind of congenital heart defect," says Elfers, who fits into the most severe category ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Misfortune triggers CarePages Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA When Eric Langshur's son, Matthew, was born with a congenital heart defect and had to undergo a series of open-heart surgeries, a Web site was created that ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Gayle to undergo heart corrective surgery Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica HOBART, Australia (CMC) - Troubled once again by a congenital heart defect, Chris Gayle has decided to have surgery to correct the anomaly. ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Parents meet recipient of their son's heart Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA ... DaQuan Hart, 11, was born with congenital heart disease. According to his mother, Renée Hart, he had five openheart surgeries by the time he was 5 years old. ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Continuity of Care San Francisco Chronicle - United States Adult congenital heart disease was once considered a self-canceling phrase. If you had congenital heart disease, you didn't live to be an adult. ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

China, US to join hands in heart disease project Xinhua - China Under the agreement, the two sides plan to launch an educational program for congenital heart disease, said sources with the Qilu Children's Hospital.
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Her words will live on DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA ... Because she was born with congenital heart defects, her heart ... option of a lung or lung-heart transplant, Kari ... Her disease hasn't stopped her from doing what ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Organ Recipient, Donor Family Meet After Almost Six Years Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA ... DaQuan was born with congenital heart disease and received Nathan's heart when he was 6 years old. She said she will continue to ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Marking a Heritage of Hope, The Children's Hospital of ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... surgical treatments pioneered at Children's Hospital enable many children to survive once fatal childhood illnesses, like congenital heart disease, cancer and ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

GE, Siemens report on new cardiac imaging developments TMCnet - USA ... are able to non-invasively diagnose heart disease in at ... the LightSpeed VCT for infants with heart defects ... techniques on children born with congenital defects of ...
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          2005 - 21 Novembre-November  )

Kansas City Star - MO,USA ... The study, which is published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also found that a year after they left the hospital, black heart ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Post-Heart Attack Drug Therapy Improving Forbes - USA In particular, doctors need to pay more attention to newer heart drugs to ensure compliance with American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Angiomax(R) (Bivalirudin) Recommended for Use in Percutaneous ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have jointly released updated ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Hopkins Study May Change Rules for Treating Heart Failure Newswise (press release) - USA ... Borlaug, a cardiology research fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute, is scheduled to present the study results at ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Italians in heart stem-cell advance ANSA - Rome,Italy ... in taking stem cells from human hearts, treating them in the laboratory and using them to repair damaged hearts in mice, an American Cardiology Congress was ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Heart attack patients use own stem cells to heal, research finds Contra Costa Times - CA,USA ... done during heart attacks, said lead author Volker Schachinger, a cardiologist at JW Goethe University and the Third Medical Clinic of Cardiology in Frankfurt ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Scientific Software Tools, Inc. Announces New Version of the ... PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA ... tool that assists health care professionals in the evaluation and treatment of high blood cholesterol and assessment of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) risks in ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Single, Marathon Surgery may be best for Infants with Complex ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA ... Children's Hospital at Stanford cardiac surgeon Frank L. Hanley, MD, reported this week that many patients with a complex congenital heart defect can benefit ...
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Few of Iraq's sick children find way to US hospitals Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA ... for months to try to find a way to get 4-year-old Mahmoud Sabar Abbass out of the country for treatment for a life-threatening congenital heart defect.
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          2005 - 16 Novembre-November  )

Women Receive Less Aggressive Treatment for Acute Coronary ... CNN - USA ... 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Anand spoke at the AMA's annual science reporters' conference here. ...
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

Rapid Uptake of Drug-eluting Stents Stimulates Growth in the ... PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA According to a new report by Millennium Research Group (MRG), the European market for interventional cardiology generated over $1.4 billion in 2004, and will ...
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

Clogged arteries? Omega 3 fatty acids offer a solution Economic Times - India ... WHO predicts that by 2020, up to three quarters of deaths in India would result from non-communicable diseases with coronary heart disease (CHD) topping the
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

Down test: Blessing or cause for concern? DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA ... said Paul Romitti , director of the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited ... upset when an ultrasound and echocardiogram showed the fetus had a heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

Students with cardiac problems should still exercise, says expert eTaiwan News - Taiwan ... 1,000 children in Taiwan has some form of heart defect. ... for the children to report their heart problems, and ... death of a boy with congenital heart disease who
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

Going through an open heart surgery at Kenyatta Kenya Times - Kenya ... deals with heart valve repair defect and congenital heart defect corrective ... Muhinga sought to explain the concepts: "Heart valve disease occurs when a ...
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          2005 - 14 Novembre-November  )

IDX(R) Imagecast(TM) for Cardiology Earns American College of ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA Achievement furthers launch of Imagecast in cardiology market BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDX Systems Corporation ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Cardiac Science reports net loss in first quarter after merger MTBeurope.info - UK ... third quarter increased by 22% over the third quarter of 2004 to $27.4 million, due principally to the effect of the merger with Quinton Cardiology Systems on ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Eastern zone cardiology conference-2005 starts NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India He said this yesterday at the three-day Eastern Zone Cardiology Conference-2005, organized by Assam Cardiological society and cardiological society of India-NE ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Reducing barriers to exercise can save women's lives EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA ... Academy of Nurse Practitioners explores the difficulties faced by women in developing a healthy lifestyle to avoid coronary heart disease (CHD) -- a leading ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Tandem Heart News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. CHD is caused by a narrowing ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Pomegranate Juice Consumption May Improve Myocardial Ischemia MedIndia - India ... have discovered that daily consumption of pomegranate juice may improve stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients who have coronary heart disease (CHD). ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Local briefs Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA ... Nationally, about 40,000 infants, 250 in Nebraska, are born each year with congenital heart defects. CHD is the most common birth defect and the most common
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Donation of organs open to almost all Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA ... Solfanelli was born with a congenital heart defect and had pulmonary hypertension. He spent five months prior to the transplant ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

New Research May Change Down Syndrome Screening Boston Channel.com - MA, USA ... First trimester testing can also detect congenital heart disease and other genetic disorders earlier. Critics say the information ...
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Heart Walk raises more than $27,000; more expected later Greenwood Commonwealth - Greenwood,MS,USA ... six major surgeries on a congenital heart defect, Jade ... she was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She learned about the Heart Walk during
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

Aish.com Weekly Email - Over 140,000 subscribers Aish - Jerusalem,Israel ... When he was 17, a relative of his contracted a disease that resulted ... and other doctors regarding some conditions (such as repairing congenital heart defects as
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          2005 - 10 Novembre-November  )

China: 2.6mln die of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases ... People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... life style, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have become the top threat to public health, said Hu Dayi, a renowned expert on cardiology from the ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

New Mexico's Largest Cardiology Practice to Automate with ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... As a premier cardiology group in New Mexico, New Mexico Heart Institute required an EHR with functionality unique to cardiology," said Glen Tullman, Chief ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Heart Institute rolling out electronic system for health records New Mexico Business Weekly - Albuquerque,NM,USA ... New Mexico's largest private cadiology practice, the Heart Institute was formed in 1994 when the state's three leading cardiology practices merged. ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

The Heart-Lung Center in Hawthorne, NJ Acquires Daxor BVA-100 ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA The Heart - Lung Center, formed in 1997, is an integrated cardiology and pulmonary center, currently offers a broad range of diagnostic testing such as stress ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Iraqi child's heart repaired at Penn State Children's Hospital Penn State Live - PA,USA ... Hadiya Hussein is "doing great!" Hussein is an Iraqi child who was brought to the United States recently for heart surgery to repair a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Community help needed to defray costs of transplant Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA ... The 32-year-old Crown Point man was born with a congenital heart defect and has been battling health problems his entire life. Now ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Northwest's smallest heart-transplant patients are thriving Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA ... Nightengale said she and her husband, Tim, knew before Nathaniel was born that he had a congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart did not ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

You can save this little angel IPP Media - Guardian - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania ... Congenitalheart.com congenital heart disease is a heart--related problem that is ... says babies with 'holes' in the heart suffer a structural defect in the ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Atrial septal defect in infancy: To close or not to close? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... and associates 1 advocating that closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) should ... Although ASD is the second most common congenital heart disease in children, 3 ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Coronary Artery Ultrasounds Troubling after Operation for ... AAP Grand Rounds (subscription) - USA ... Given the amazing progress we have seen during the past few decades in the treatment of children and adults with complex congenital heart disease, we remain
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Protective Ventilation Strategies Reduce Mortality in Children ... DG News - USA ... It excluded children with underlying chronic lung disease and congenital heart disease and children without arterial blood sampling. ...
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          2005 - 05 Novembre-November  )

Children's hospital attains membership Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA ... Pediatric doctors specializing in critical care, pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology, neonatology and development have been added to SIU's faculty over ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Cardiac Science Corporation Schedules Third Quarter Earnings ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX - News), a global leader in advanced diagnostic cardiology and automated external ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Guidelines for Heart Treatment Benefit Patients Forbes - USA ... study finds. The guidelines are developed jointly by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. They ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Hospital struggles with heart patient backlog Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand ... manager for internal medicine, Lindsey Bates, says the need to hold routine referrals is sparked by large waiting lists and the cardiology service's inability ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Deaths from strokes and heart disease show clear decline Scotsman - United Kingdom ... areas. "It is excellent news that fewer Scots are being diagnosed with and dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. More ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Apolipoprotein E Genotype in Matched Men and Women with Coronary ... Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science - Middlebury,VT,USA ... Apolipoprotein E (apo E) plays an important role in lipid metabolism and its polymorphism may be a risk determinant of coronary heart disease (CHD). ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Younger volunteers to be recognized Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... Beth Sence of Oakley, whose son Zach was born with a congenital heart defect, has helped raise money for research and organizes a team each year for the Heart ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Family struggles with matters of the heart Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA ... hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital condition that ... needed to correct the defect, survival improved ... already has undergone two heart surgeries, now has ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Bosentan (Tracleer) Improves Symptoms in Patients With ... DG News - USA ... Eisenmenger's syndrome is a progressive heart condition that occurs in people who have a congenital heart defect or "hole in the heart." Prior to the ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Kids With Neurological, Neuromuscular Diseases Need Flu Shot Forbes - USA ... disease from prematurity; the heart diseases include congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, and any other anatomical or functional heart defect, according to ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Dr. Wayne Wilkins to Lead Discussion in Medicine and Movies Series iBerkshires.com - North Adams,MA,USA ... The duo's patients are known as "blue babies" --infants who suffer from a congenital heart defect that turns them blue as they slowly suffocate. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Nancy Drew's keen appeal is no mystery Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... to her at 4. Talkie had had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect, and her mother was following doctors' orders to keep her quiet but entertained. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Given days to live with heart defect, Danny just goes from ... ic Wales - United Kingdom Primary school teacher Claire Evans feared the worst after medics said her baby boy Danny had the rare congenital defect hypoplastic left-heart syndrome. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Friends hope to get Haitian boy healthy Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA ... small boy. Local doctors flew him to the United States for a serious operation to repair a congenital heart defect. He arrived Friday ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

First Ever Placebo-Controlled Trial to Show Benefits in ... PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... Patients suffering from Eisenmenger's syndrome develop a severe form of PAH as a complication of their congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

New lease on life Kalgoorlie Golden Mail - Kalgoorlie,Western Australia,Australia ... The 46-year-old, who was born with a rare congenital heart disease, underwent the marathon five-hour operation at Royal Perth Hospital in May. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Predictors of ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... OBJECTIVES: Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum is a form of congenital heart disease usually associated with right-heart hypoplasia, with ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Large-Dose Pretreatment with Methylprednisolone Fails to Attenuate ... Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... correspondence and reprint requests to Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, MD, PhD, Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Conjoined twins pose dilemma for doctors Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China ... hospital's intensive care unit. They share a liver, spleen, gallbladder and digestive system, and both have congenital heart problems. ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )

Heart Foundation Invests in World-Leading Researc Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand ... the correct time to operate, it will improve the clinical status and life expectancy of many people who are living with congenital heart disease with this ...
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          2005 - 02 Novembre-November  )



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