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September 2005

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Large waist size at risk of heart disease GhanaWeb - Accra,Ghana ... Vice President of the Ghana Heart Society of Hypertension and Cardiology, Prof Francis Kwami announced this at a news briefing in Accra on Saturday as part of .
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Cardiovascular practice names new president Kansas City Business Journal - Kansas City,MO,USA ... Before Huber's promotion to president of the practice, he was chairman of interventional cardiology, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and a ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Groundbreaking consensus: pediatric cardiology training ... EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA (BETHESDA, MD) -- The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Pediatric cardiology training detailed Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Three major US pediatrics and cardiology institutions say they have developed the first recommendations for pediatric ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

SVIMS cardiology camp from on Sunday Newindpress - Chennai,India TIRUPATI: A week-long cardiology camp will be conducted for heart patients at marginal rates at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) from ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

SOLVAY and PRONOVA BIOCARE sign license agreement for OMACOR® to CompanynewsGroup (Communiqués de presse) - Belgium ... hypertriglyceridemia. This agreement complements Solvay Pharmaceuticals' Cardiology product portfolio in Asia and New Zealand. Cardiovascular ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

ACADEMY OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY LAUNCHED IN CITY Star of Mysore - Mysore,India 26 (KVV)- District-in-charge Minister Tanveer Sait launched the activities of the Academy of Preventive Cardiology (APC) at a function held at Jaganmohan ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Statins Cut Risk of Major Coronary Events by a Third MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA ... The primary pre-specified outcomes were all-cause morality, coronary heart disease mortality, and non-CHD mortality. Secondary outcomes ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Diseases of heart Kathmandu Post - Kathmandu,Nepal ... Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), results when the coronary arteries-the blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Claire is first heart nurse for kids Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom ... Brenda Fisher, who lives in Kilkeel, wishes a Children's Heart Nurse had been in place when her daughter Chloe was born with a serious heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Siloam Springs man gets new heart Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA Chris Floyd, who was born with a congenital heart defect called transposition of the great vessels, underwent surgery later that day at Arkansas Children's ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Group honors children with heart disease Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA ... Henry was born with congenital heart disease in December 2004 at the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Childhood heart defects cause trouble years later Boston Globe - United States ... Dr. Gail Pearson, who oversees community research on congenital heart disease for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, estimated that the number of ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

A heart full of courage ABC Regional Online - Australia ... miracle. Having suffered from a congenital heart disease all his life, he received two new organs at the age of 45. Not wanting ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Pediatric cardiology training detailed Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK ... and non-invasive imaging; electrophysiology; cardiac catheterization and intervention; cardiac intensive care; adult congenital heart disease; and research ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Groundbreaking consensus: pediatric cardiology training ... EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA ... and noninvasive imaging; electrophysiology; cardiac catheterization and intervention; cardiac intensive care; adult congenital heart disease; and research ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Hundreds raise $107,000 to battle heart disease Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg,PA,USA ... But, it soon turned into more -- tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect. ... about six years, and it was a shock to learn that heart disease would impact ...
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          2005 - 28 Septembre-September  )

Professorships of distinction go to 19 members of faculty The University of Chicago Chronicle - USA ... An interventional cardiologist, specializing in the treatment of congenital heart disease in children and adults, Ziyad Hijazi, Section Chief of Pediatric ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Celebrating Madison Morris Daily Herald - Morris,IL,USA ... screen blood test revealed to Kristin and Jim their new daughter suffered from Turner's Syndrome, as well as a congenital heart defect called Hypoplastic ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Helping Aubrie Hutchinson News - Hutchinson,KS,USA ... The narrowing vessels in her heart signal her congenital heart disease, and she faces a life of mild to moderate mental retardation. ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

'High cholesterol causes heart attack' Times of India - India PATNA: The Indian College of Cardiology, Bihar chapter, organised a public awareness programme on Sunday on the occasion of World Heart Day. ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 8 million Malaysians have got it New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia ... National Heart Institute senior consultant cardiologist and department of cardiology head Datuk Seri Dr Robaayah Zambahari said hypertension was called the ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Cardiology exhibition begins Kerala Online - Kerala,India On the eve of World Heart Day today, a cardiology exhibition has began here today. The two-day exhibition is being organized by a leading private hospital.
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Noninvasive Evaluation of Cardiac Veins with 16-MDCT Angiography Am J Roentgenology (subscription) - USA ... 400, Boston, MA 02114. 2 Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. 3 Present address: Department ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Northland/Gladstone Calendar Liberty Sun News - Liberty,MO,USA ... group, 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 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Fund-raiser pairs hearts and soles Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA ... The fourth-grader from Pope Elementary School is scheduled to speak about her life with a congenital heart defect Saturday as part of the American Heart ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Cardiovascular diseases the key cause of death-rate in many ... Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan ... Extension of children with congenital heart diseases is of great concern to date. According to the organizers the Congress will ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Children a big part of annual event Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA ... Kevin Richards, 8, who had an operation for a congenital heart disease at 2 days old, will participate in a three-mile walk with parents Daryl and Debbie and ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Key facts on chromosome transplant in mice Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... syndrome, chromosome 21 is also linked to early-onset Alzheimer's disease, certain types of leukaemia, a form of manic depression and congenital heart disease.
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Young and old take a walk for the heart Seattle Times - United States ... a third surgery scheduled for next spring, Jack's problem -- a congenital defect in ... like Jack, wore a red cap to signify they, too, are heart-disease survivors ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

A Matter Of Hearts By Dr. Prachanda Pradhan Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal ... A heart disease prevalent among the children is congenital heart disease, which comes during birth. It is estimated that congenital ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

Former Rostraver man balances life's ups, downs Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA ... "I had a congenital heart murmur (leaky ... Polen says firmly, was "a little different situation," especially since both of his parents had died of the disease. ...
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          2005 - 26 Septembre-September  )

NHS heart and lung unit approved BBC News - UK ... NHS Greater Glasgow will now carry out a review of interventional cardiology over the coming months to examine whether it should also transfer to Golden Jubilee
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Expecting Multiples Hartford Courant - United States ... Dr. David I. Silverman, associate professor of medicine at UConn's cardiology center, will give a free talk on cardiovascular disease, including risk factors ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Double help for heart patients Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA ... It's one of many such clinics, including a new one at Mid Carolina Cardiology, that have opened around the country to meet the needs of a growing population. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

HCI hospital is to be the centre for all heart surgery Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... The health board admitted: "In their responses, consultant cardiologists expressed different views about the proposed interventional cardiology model. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Strategies for People to Raise Their Levels of Good HDL ... Newswise (press release) - USA Newswise -- Cardiology experts at Johns Hopkins have issued interim guidelines for physicians on how best to treat low levels of HDL cholesterol, the so ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Cardiac Science Delivers Advanced Web-Enabled Cardiology Data ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX - News), a global leader in advanced cardiology products, announced today that it is ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

New med clinic in works Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA ... campus. She said plans are that the clinic, along with North Colorado Cardiology, will be at the Promontory location within two years. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Medeikon Announces Advances in Interventional Cardiology; Expanded ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA ... Medeikon is delivering an advanced portfolio of cardiology systems that provide real-time data within the constraints of a typical catheter lab procedure. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Weak heart worries Kathimerini - Athens,Greece ... Dr Georgios Andrikopoulos, in charge of the First Cardiology Clinic of Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, presented the results of a study conducted in June ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

New Link Between Body Fat and Heart Disease WebMD - USA ... in the inflammatory process that leads to cardiovascular disease," says researcher Edward TH Yeh, MD, chairman of the department of cardiology at the ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Cardiac stress tests help identify people at risk of developing ... Xagena.it - Italy ... improve dramatically on existing techniques that predict who is most likely to suffer a heart attack or die from coronary heart disease ( CHD ), the leading ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Local child in need of emergency surgery Wellington Daily News - Wellington,KS,USA ... Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a congenital heart condition discovered ... problems on the left side of the heart. ... is a hole (Atrial Septal Defect) between the
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Two Iraqi Children Head Home With Healthy Hearts NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA CHICAGO -- Two Iraqi children who suffered from a congenital heart defect and desperately needed surgery arrived in Chicago last month for treatment. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Birth defects Manila Bulletin - Philippines My neighbor delivered her third baby, a boy, last week in a hospital, but the baby died after just two days because he had a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

We want better safety advice for runners. . . Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... since Marcello died, they told how doctors were baffled by their athletic son's death and initially believed it had been caused by a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Hope flickers for baby from Panipat with displaced heart Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India ... say one in four billion babies is born with such a defect. ... The medical term for the congenital anomaly of an infant being born with its heart outside its ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Open Heart Surgery Isn't Just For Adults KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA ... His eight-year-old son clay had a congenital heart defect. Clay's aorta wrapped around his esophagus, which caused him to feel like he was choking. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Team Isaak walks for heart research Monticello Herald Journal - Monticello,IN,USA ... the walk is an important part of their response to news received last February that their son was born with pulmonary stenosis, a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Double help for heart patients Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA ... Riopel takes care of health questions stemming from Linkner's congenital defect, and Rose addresses new problems that arise as Linkner's heart ages. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

HE'S ALL HEART Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA ... characterized by mental deficiency. It can also cause congenital heart disease and contribute to thyroid problems. Yet, his teammates will ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Birth defects Manila Bulletin - Philippines ... The defects caused by German measles include: cataracts/congenital glaucoma, congenital heart disease, loss of hearing, blindness, jaundice, bleeding ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Chair of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine ... PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... as diabetes, cancer and leukemia, thalassemia and sickle cell disease, immune deficiency disorders, cystic fibrosis, and congenital lung and heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

New Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center Meets Long Overdue ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... specialty expertise offered by both institutions and is designed to meet the needs of a growing population of adults living with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

With thanks, from Tanzania Hindu - Chennai,India ... She is relieved that her daughter will undergo surgery soon to rectify Patent Ductus Arteriosis (PDA), a type of congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Girl's short life inspires fund-raiser for hospital Kansas City Star - MO,USA ... People can buy bags of daffodils to plant in the park this Saturday in honor of Erika and other children with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

Walking good for the heart Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA ... She learned her son suffered from congenital heart disease: His heart's left side was missing. Within a month, Jared Bucey had open-heart surgery. ...
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          2005 - 22 Septembre-September  )

High Blood Pressure: Nightly Aspirin May Help WebMD - USA ... The researchers included Ramón Hermida, PhD, of the University of Vigo. Their report appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

An apple or a pear? EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA (BETHESDA, MD) -- Eating an apple is infinitely better than looking like one, according to experts at the American College of Cardiology (ACC). ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Heart doctors reach out helping hands Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA PORT CHARLOTTE -- Employees of Cardiology Associates are lending their hearts and hands to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims. On Sept. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

PUFA Good For Heart: Gets The Scientific Seal MedIndia - India ... The researchers found that reduced risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) was more closely associated with an increased consumption of polyunsaturated fats (eg ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Surgery Successful for Afghan Girl WANE - Ft Wayne,IN,USA ... to five days. Basira Jan had a complex but common congenital heart defect that includes a hole in the heart. Dr. Mark Turrentine ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Julie's Diary: A Heart Connection Omaha Channel.com - Omaha,NE,USA ... daughter Leila was diagnosed with a serious heart defect shortly after birth. Across the country, about 40,000 infants are born with congenital heart defects. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Big Disaster, Small Miracle CBS News - USA ... part. As the storm blew into the Gulf, the little boy lay dying of a congenital heart defect in a New Orleans hospital. With few ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Tiny survivor to set pace in Heart Walk fundraiser Miami Herald - FL,USA ... Her chest had been cracked open and an abnormal membrane sliced from her heart, repairing a rare congenital defect known as cor triatriatum. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Thank you for helping my son Lynn News - King's Lynn,Norfolk,UK ... The youngster was born almost three months prematurely with a congenital heart defect, and has had four operations on his heart. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Independence Blue Cross Rebuilds 11-Year-Old's 'Field of Dreams' Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... But, Zakki is no ordinary kid. Zakki has a congenital heart defect and severe heart and lung disease. At 11, he's already waiting for his 11th heart surgery. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... chaired by Christopher M. Feindel, MD, drew an audience of almost 1300 surgeons; and the Congenital Heart Disease Symposium, chaired by Marc R. de Leval, MD ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Newborn needs RM50,000 for heart surgery Malay Mail - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia The infant, suffering from serious congenital heart disease, had to be rushed from Ipoh to the Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC) here on Wednesday to receive ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Training for the future at the UP School of Cardiac Sonography Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - Sault Ste. Marie,MI,USA ... heart in order to look for abnormalities and disease.". ... if the episode adversely affected the heart's wall ... that aspect deals mainly with congenital defects and ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Total imaging matrix reveals new diagnostic possibilities for MRI MTBeurope.info - UK ... since the heart is the decisive factor in this disease, the morbidity ... for paediatric cardiology to diagnose and plan operations for congenital heart defects. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Crystal Bermudez, transplant patient waiting on donor St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA ... Crystal Bermudez, a native of Toledo, Ohio, who moved to Largo in November, had congenital cyanotic heart disease with pulmonary hypertension, right ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Advanced CT scanner installed in city hospital Pune Newsline - Pune,India ... the younger generation, there is a genuine need to detect the disease in its ... in a month which include treatment and surgery of congenital heart diseases and ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Independence Blue Cross Rebuilds 11-Year-Old's 'Field of Dreams' Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... But, Zakki is no ordinary kid. Zakki has a congenital heart defect and severe heart and lung disease. At 11, he's already waiting for his 11th heart surgery. ...
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          2005 - 18 Septembre-September  )

Viet Nam joins int'l efforts on cerebral arteries treatment Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam Prof. Pham Gia Khai, President of the National Cardiology Association, told the workshop that Viet Nam is not an exception, with relevant deaths on the rise. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Ochsner offers vaccines to relief workers, residents BizNewOrleans.com - Metairie,LA,USA ... SURGICAL & CARDIOLOGY SERVICES: Ochsner Hospital has resumed surgical capabilities. ... Cardiology is also offering services at St. Anne's Hospital in Raceland. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Exercise could be alternative to angioplasty DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA ... Given that angioplasty is now so common, one question that a cardiology researcher in Germany recently studied pertained to whether patients undergoing ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Women with Heart Attacks Not Treated As Quickly as Men SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA ... More... 1/17/05*. Over 40 percent of all female deaths in America occur from CVD, which includes coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

September's National Cholesterol Education Month Is an Ideal Time ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... In fact, study participants who drank more than two servings of tea per day had a 50 percent lower prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) than non-tea ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Exercise stress testing helps identify people at risk of ... EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA ... can improve dramatically on existing techniques that predict who is most likely to suffer a heart attack or die from coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

CHOP, HUP join forces in new heart-defect center Daily Pennsylvanian - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... Verstappen emphasized the need for many more heart centers to address congenital heart conditions and for more ... He faced not just one structural defect, but four ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Transplant patient loses struggle at Fairview Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA ... Nick Bergland was born with a heart defect known as complex congenital heart disease, said Cynthia Herrington, his pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Heart to heart over anxiety Hobart Mercury - Hobart,Tasmania,Australia ... Ms Pettit said she was seeking volunteers who had suffered a heart attack or who had congenital heart problems, cardiovascular disease or a pacemaker. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Transplant patient loses struggle at Fairview Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA ... Nick Bergland was born with a heart defect known as complex congenital heart disease, said Cynthia Herrington, his pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Heart Center Follows Patients From Childhood Through Adulthood NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA There is a brand new facility in Philadelphia that is helping people born with congenital heart disease live longer, healthier lives. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles the Only Pediatric Institution in ... PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... as diabetes, cancer and leukemia, thalassemia and sickle cell disease, immune deficiency disorders, cystic fibrosis, and congenital lung and heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 14 Septembre-September  )

Team Finds Stem Cells in Heart Tissue Washington Post - United States ... of scientists at Kyoto University led by Hiroaki Matsubara, who will present the findings at the annual meeting of the Japanese College of Cardiology in Osaka ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

North Shore appoints new thoracic surgeon Baldwin Herald - USA ... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Circulation, the Journal of Surgical Research, the Journal of Lipid Research, the America Journal of Cardiology and the ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Heavy doses of vitamin B may hurt heart myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA Contrary to expectations, a recent study presented by Norwegian researchers at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, has shown that not only will ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Heart of the matter Times Online - UK ... A heart specialist told the European Society for Cardiology, meeting in Stockholm this week, that women are significantly less likely than men to be ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Study: Angioplasty, Drug Don't Mix Borsa-Italia.Net - Italy ... the artery-widening operation more successful, but major research presented Tuesday at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology found that ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Johns Hopkins launches study to determine if heart angioplasty is ... EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA ... However, they point out, national guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have for the past 20 years maintained a ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Heart risk calculator dilemma AustralianDoctor.com (subscription) - Australia It quotes Professor Andrew Tonkin, who suggests weight and family history of CHD are also important but are addressed by lipid guidelines. ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Student projects memorialize Kroon '05 Yale Daily News - USA ... College who was greatly devoted to the environment, passed away last spring just weeks before graduation, due to complications from a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Paroxetine could harm babies New Zealand Herald - New Zealand ... It is sold under the Paroxetine and Aropax brands. The risk of any baby being born with a congenital heart defect is 1 per cent.
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Emirates Heart Foundation to give Iraqi baby a new lease of life WAM - Emirates News Agency - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates ... Previously they only treated adults. The first surgery will take place soon with a one- year-old Iraqi baby who suffers from congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Runners and walkers step out for heart children Wanganui Chronicle - Wanganui,New Zealand ... Zealand. He said congenital heart disease affects around one in every 100 children born in New Zealand - about 600 a year. "Finding ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

VitaMeal plan to nourish kids of Sabah's hardcore poor Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia ... "So far we have helped save 1,000 children's lives.". Statistics show that every year, eight out of 1,000 newborn babies are born with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

Dr. Annie guides kids to happy teeth Goleta Valley Voice - Goleta,CA,USA ... up to age 18, and also those kids with special needs or who have one of a number of "medical conditions such as asthma, congenital heart disease or Downs ...
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          2005 - 12 Septembre-September  )

VasoGenix Pharmaceuticals Announces Formation of Cardiology ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA ... The purpose of the Steering Committee is to assist the company in focusing its clinical research plan for the company's cardiology drug, Calcitonin Gene ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

B vitamins do not cut heart attack risk Australian - Australia ... A study of more than 3,700 patients presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress showed high doses of B vitamins could be bad news. ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

New Blood Thinner May Reduce Bleeding Risks WebMD - USA ... reduce by 80% the risk of dying due to serious bleeding, the major risk of blood thinners, says researcher Salim Yusuf, MD, chief of cardiology at McMaster ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Study hints at promise of new Novartis heart drug Reuters - USA ... Results of a small phase II trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress set an encouraging precedent for late-stage study findings, which ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Agfa launches new cardiology portfolio on the back of Heartlab ... MTBeurope.info - UK Agfa HealthCare Business Group has launched a new cardiology portfolio that provides a single point of access and integrates cardiology, radiology and wider ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Check-up could save 5,000 lives Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... The results of the study funded, by the British Heart Foundation, were announced at the European Society of Cardiology conference yesterday. ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

European Society of Cardiology 2005: Round up Drug Researcher.com - Montpellier,France 07/09/2005 - The latest research included in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) means that heart treatments and ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Bothell heart-monitor firm joins with related company Bothell Herald - WA, United States BOTHELL - Two companies specializing in cardiac health equipment, including locally based Quinton Cardiology Systems, are beating with one heart this week ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Genentech Drug Is Not Safe With Angioplasty Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... offered added benefit. Researchers presented the data at the meeting of the European Society of Cardiology. The trial comparing ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

New Study Results Show Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Saves ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... in patients with moderate or severe heart failure and poor heart pumping function were presented today at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

Dreams deferred Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA David was born with a congenital heart defect -- holes in his heart. At the age of 3, he had surgery to repair the damage between the atria and the ventricle. ...
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          2005 - 08 Septembre-September  )

A family fights on NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA ... Their 9-year old son, Ryan, was born with a congenital heart disease that will require future surgeries. Their 7-year old daughter ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Local doctor helps the sick in Afghanistan Desert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA ... They saw about 40 patients, about 25 of whom had congenital vascular heart disease. One of these patients was Baseer Gawsi, who just turned 10 years old. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Preventing coronary heart disease New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia ... forms of heart disease include abnormal heart rhythms or arrythmias, heart failure, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, heart muscle disease ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Hoping for a New Heart Bremerton Sun - WA, United States ... It wasn't supposed to be this way. Kristiana was born with a congenital heart defect. That got fixed when she was 5. Doctors opened ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Skipping off to meet her new class mates Blackpool Today - Blackpool,England,UK ... Born five weeks premature with a congenital heart defect, the Poulton youngster underwent a 10-hour operation at just nine days old and spent months in special ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

This baby has seven weeks to live Daily Sun - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria ... Syndrome and artrio-ventricular canal defect and therefore ... baby has a hole in the heart, Dr. Remi ... and Onchologist, LUTH, said that congenital malformation is ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Female heart disease victims 'ignored' by professionals ic Wales - United Kingdom ... The European Society of Cardiology will be launching its Women at Heart initiative, aimed at alerting medical professionals to the problem, later this month.
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

New blood thinner said to help in heart attack philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... Researchers who presented their findings yesterday at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology said switching to the new drug could prevent ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Yardwork, Saving Lives Washington Post - United States ... The study was small, encompassing only 28 people, but Pamela Douglas, president of the American College of Cardiology, said the findings were credible. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Euro Heart Survey: gender discrimination in heart treatment EurActiv.com - Brussels,Belgium The focus of the European Society of Cardiology annual congress 2005 is to improve understanding of and address issues surrounding women and cardiovascular ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

ECS: Healthy Heart Helpers Get Buffeted at Cardiology Meeting MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA ... In terms of heart disease risk, " homocysteine is an innocent bystander," he said at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2005. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

'Hotspots' for heart disease Daily Mail - UK - UK ... The results of the Genetic Risk of Acute Coronary Event (GRACE) study were presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Stockholm. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Women, weaker at heart Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India ... Graham, addressing the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology, said women were also seriously under-represented in trials of new treatments. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Wichita heart medication will get to hurricane victims KBSD - Dodge City,KS,USA ... the need. On Monday, we told you how Heartland Cardiology had boxes of heart medication to donate but no way to get it there. The ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Studies put the spotlight on stents Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA Studies released at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Stockholm in recent days have both heralded drug-coated heart stents and questioned the cost ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Study says pre-surgery `superaspirin' saves lives Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA In a major international study presented Sunday at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, scientists found that giving heart attack victims the drug ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

New Data Presented at European Society of Cardiology Congress 2005 ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... The results of a recent meta-analysis, which were presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2005 in Stockholm, provide new information for ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Study: Angioplasty protocol questioned San Jose Mercury News - United States ... the artery-widening operation more successful, but major research presented Tuesday at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology found that ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Acute Heart Failure: Reality and Recommendations innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany ... In Europe the information is still scarce but emerging especially through the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Euroheart survey program. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Cardiac Science and Quinton Cardiology Systems complete merger MTBeurope.info - UK Washington, USA. Quinton Cardiology Systems, Inc. ... Quinton manufactures cardiology products such as electrocardiographs, stress test systems and monitors. ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

Drug switch 'cuts heart attacks by half' Guardian Unlimited - UK ... They told the European Society of Cardiology, meeting in Stockholm, that this latest combination reduced the risk of strokes by about 25%, coronaries by 15 ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

EuroAction's Nurse Led Multidisciplinary Approach to Preventive ... PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK Early results from the EuroAction hospital project, announced today at the European Society of Cardiology, demonstrate how a nurse-led multidisciplinary ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

After heart attack, ‘statin' drugs save lives Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan In a study reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, starting statin therapy within 24 hours of admission for a heart attack markedly reduced the risk of ...
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          2005 - 07 Septembre-September  )

US doctor speaks on preventive cardiology Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar DR Riaz Ali, cardiologist at the Peace River Memorial Medical Center, USA, spoke on ‘preventive cardiology' at the last scientific session recently of the ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Phase 2 Ularitide Study Highlighted at European Society of ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... The data from the SIRIUS II trial were presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, the largest cardiology meeting in Europe, which ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

ACE drug prevents heart deterioration in aged-study Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... reduced remodelling by 46 percent over a 1-year period when compared to a placebo, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Cholesterol crystals may cause heart problems Reuters.uk - UK ... that this information will ultimately lead to new treatments for heart attack and stroke, according to the report in the medical journal Clinical Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

RIDST_0_HEALTH-CHOLESTEROL-CRYSTALS-DC.XML Philips Launches New Cardiology Ultrasound System and Clinical ... CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) today launched the new Philips HD11 XE cardiology ultrasound system to coincide with the first day of Europe's ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Omega-3 better than cholesterol-lowering medicines cardiology ... Fishupdate.com - UK 02 September, 2005 - THE European Cardiology Congress, starting this weekend in Sweden's capital Stockholm, will hear fresh evidence of the benefits of Omega ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

y_congress_is_told.html ACE drug prevents heart deterioration in aged-study Reuters - USA ... reduced remodeling by 46 percent over a 1-year period when compared to a placebo, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

DST_0_HEALTH-HEART-ACE-DC.XML Cypher(R) Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Data to Be Presented at ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... range of clinical data on the use of the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent will be presented at the 2005 European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Medtronic Announces Key Activities at European Society of ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... (NYSE:MDT) today announced its schedule of key sessions and activities at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Scientific Congress Sept. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

g=en Women losing out in heart care to men Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... Professor Caroline Daly of Royal Brompton Hospital in London told the European Society of Cardiology congress that despite the fact that heart attacks and ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Pressure rises to fix heart's troublemakerAustralian - Australia ... Between 1997 and 2002, there were 228,948 deaths in Australia associated with coronary heart disease, or where CHD was an underlying factor. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Riley surgeons fix Afghan girl Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA Basira Jan had a complex but common congenital heart defect that includes a hole in the heart. Dr. Mark Turrentine, who performed ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Joint Efforts Help Iraqi Kids With Surgery Southwest News-Herald - Chicago,IL,USA ... heart defects. Both children have Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect that can be fatal if left untreated. The children ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Child lost but never forgotten Contra Costa Times - CA,USA ... The cause of death was "Cardiac failure due to congenital heart defect-Tetralogy of Fallot.". I also learned that he had been cremated. Where were his ashes? ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Afghan girl's surgery done Indianapolis Star - United States ... Kabul. Basira had Tetralogy of Fallot, a complex but common congenital heart defect that includes a hole in the heart. Dr. Mark ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

New Philadelphia heart center launched Philadelphia Business Journal - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... whose staff includes 22 physicians, was established as a joint venture of the two organizations to care for adults living with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Kroon's '05 death found to be natural Yale Daily News - USA ... "Now we expect every baby to do great," Perry said. The use of surgical operations to repair congenital heart disease began largely at Yale, Perry said. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Sickle cell center opens Bradenton Herald - FL, United States ... sickle cell anemia, Gary T. Peterson doesn't remember his illness getting the national attention paid to conditions such as breast cancer and heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

MedImmune's Phase 1 Numax(TM) Study Shows Potential to Reduce RSV ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... Children born prematurely as well as those with chronic lung disease or congenital heart disease are at highest risk of severe disease and hospitalization due ...
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          2005 - 05 Septembre-September  )

Statins Cut Death Rate After Heart Attacks, Study Says Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... Lead researcher Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at UCLA, said he also was surprised at the results, but "this is what we observed in 170,000 ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Statins lower death rate of heart attack Xinhua - China A study published in the American Journal of Cardiology shows that taking statin such as Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor, the world's best- selling prescription drug ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Guidant Independent Panel Recruited, Begins Deliberations Finanzen.net - Germany ... management. -- George A. Beller, MD, MACC, FAHA, is Professor of Cardiology at University of Virginia Health System. Dr. Beller ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Swift Statin Therapy Cuts In-Hospital Heart Attack Deaths Forbes - USA ... kind ever done -- shows that the timing of the drug administration plays a significant role, said study author Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, a cardiology professor at ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Sharing twins' ordeal Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA ... It's a defect of the muscles that makes it ... 13 years that he has performed heart transplants. ... condition, including a viral infection or congenital heart defects ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Check it out: Oshkosh girl uses artistic talent to share gift of ... Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,WI,USA ... a lifetime. Emily has a congenital heart defect and the foundation led her to Disney World in 2003 to meet Cinderella. Our world ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Chilly Start For Children's Heart Week KIWINEWS - New Zealand ... No research on congenital heart disease is being done in New Zealand , even though it's the country's most common serious birth abnormality. ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )

Bills for births can be high in Oregon Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA ... Brown said that because of her congenital heart disease, she had no choice but to go to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where twins Grace and ...
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          2005 - 01 Septembre-September  )



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