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  bt   Pacemakers Can Cause Heart Failure PakTribune.com - Pakistan ... heart failure," said the lead investigator, Dr. Ronald Freudenberger, director of the Department of Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Robert Wood ...
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  bt   Transplanted Stem Cells Show Promise For Mending Broken Hearts eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA In a paper to be published in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, a team led by UW-Madison stem cell researcher and ...
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  bt   Cardiologists are more adept at diagnosing heart disease than ... Earthtimes.org - USA ... However, unless these medical students pursued a cardiology fellowship after the completion of their training, there was no improvement in their skills. ...
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  bt   Minnesota Company Announces Approval to Begin European Migraine ... Yahoo! News (press release) - USA ... for-ay-men oh-volley") or PFO is a heart defect found in ... that have revolutionized the treatment of the most common congenital "holes in the heart" such as ...
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          2006 - 31 Mars-March  )

  bt   Granddad rides to aid hospital Swindon Evening Advertiser - Swindon,England,UK ... They are taking up the seven-day challenge in memory of Jaidon Vines, who lost his battle against a congenital heart disease just before his first birthday. ...
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  bt   Mum faced months of hell - but now Baby Jack is home Selkirk Weekend Advertiser - Selkirk,England,UK ... Drive, knew their baby had a congenital heart problem because ... He will still need open-heart surgery when he's ... medics there were concerned he had liver disease. ...
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  bt   Researchers' findings advance cardiology research Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA 2006 MAR 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- Investigators in the United States, Taiwan and Switzerland have published new cardiology data. Study ...
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  bt   Health Alert: Childhood heart fixes WIS - Columbia,SC,USA ... And when I was six years old, they, the doctors repaired my heart defect.". Michael is among the millions of adults with congenital heart defects who are ...
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  bt   Cardiac Critic Forbes - USA Nissen, who is now the interim chair of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic and president of the American College of Cardiology, has been at the forefront of ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   Heart doctor witnessed revolution in cardiac care Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada ... Now the popular physician has ended his cardiology practice as well, half a century after he finished medical school at the University of Alberta and began his ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   State extends deadline for angioplasty review Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA The decision will provide the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology with more time to review a University of Pittsburgh angioplasty study. ...
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  bt   Stemming the tide of heart disease? Malaysia Star - Malaysia ... Dr Roberto Bolli pointed out in November 2005 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) that nature seldom acts without a reason. ...
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  bt   Pediatrix Acquires Pediatric Cardiology Practice in Missouri Finanzen.net - Germany ... provider of neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatricsubspecialty physician services, today announced the acquisition of apediatric cardiology practice based in ...
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  bt   Pediatrix buys another pediatric cardiology practice South Florida Business Journal - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA Pediatrix Medical Group said it has paid cash for a pediatric cardiology practice based in Springfield, Mo. The Fort Lauderdale-based ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   Sequence Variations in PCSK9, Low LDL, and Protection against ... New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA Background A low plasma level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the effect of ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   Hospital cleared over baby death BBC News - UK ... The cause of death was given as a congenital heart defect and cardiac failure while Mr Cotter praised the hospital for giving Thomas every chance of life. ...
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  bt   Real show of heart Attleboro Sun Chronicle - Attleboro,MA,USA ... named for Campbell's 2 1/sub 2 year old daughter, hoped Friday night to raise $5,000 for children and their families affected by a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   Inquest told baby died after heart unit turned off Scotsman - United Kingdom Thomas Smith, who suffered from Down's syndrome, was admitted to Birmingham Children's Hospital for surgery to correct a congenital heart defect in December ...
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  bt   Thomas' parents may sue hospital ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK ... A three-day inquest at Birmingham Coroner's Court heard how he died five days after surgery to correct a congenital heart defect, common in babies with Down ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   - hospital--name_page.html Man's heart strong one year after transplant Payson Roundup - Payson,AZ,USA ... Boldt suffered from a congenital heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HCM -- a condition that thickens the wall of the heart, obstructing blood ...
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  bt   Health careers: Interventional cardiology The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA ... About 30 percent to 40 percent of patients with congenital heart disease that used to require open-chest surgery can now be cured using a catheter procedure ...
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  bt   Lung transplant could give area woman a second chance Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA ... There are many possible causes of pulmonary hypertension, including scleroderma, congenital heart disease, liver disease or underlying lung disease such as ...
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          2006 - 28 Mars-March  )

  bt   Heart Disease Q & A - Cardiomyopathy American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA ... Primary cardiomyopathy is attributed to a specific cause such as congenital heart defects, hypertension, or Valvular heart disease. ...
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  bt   RNAi may help control congenital birth defects Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India ... Developmental abnormalities cause birth defects in heart formation, some cancers including brain tumours and fatal ... “The aim is to cure a disease from its ...
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  bt   Coffee drinkers warned Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia The study, which was presented in Atlanta yesterday at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions, comes on the heels of another ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Vitamin B, Folic Acid does not Reduce Heart Attack Risk Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey Joseph Loscalzo from the Boston Brigham Hospital, in a paper presented at the American Cardiology College's 55th conference held on March 12-14 in Atlanta ...
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NMT heart procedure trial misses goal; stock drops Reuters - USA ... Researchers said at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology that further analysis of the data may indicate which patients are most likely to respond. ...
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EART-MIGRAINE.xml Hole-in-heart linked to migraine BBC News - UK ... 37%. Details of the study, led by doctors in London and Shrewsbury, were presented to the American College of Cardiology. Around ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Menstrual blood source of stem cells Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia ... At the meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta, Dr Shunichiro Miyoshi reported he and his colleagues at Keio University School of Medicine ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Potential heart benefit found in stem cells EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA ... In research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session, scientists continue to explore mature stem cell sources for ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Stents as effective as bypass surgery United Press International - USA ... The studies were presented at an Atlanta meeting of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Beneficial Effects of Vasomedical's EECP Therapy Reinforced During ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA ... dedicated to the topic of enhanced external counterpulsation therapy during the 55th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Medical students thrive in virtual classroom Computer Business Review - UK ... traditional one in teaching medical students to identify heart sounds, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's latest conference ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Heart Disease/Cardiology Blog Archives About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA DrRich spent a busy week in Atlanta attending the 2006 Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology. Of the hundreds ...
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Latest US research reverses heart disease RTE.ie - Ireland ... around. The new research was announced at a meeting of the American Association of Cardiology in Atlanta Georgia yesterday. The ...
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Heart disease study helpful The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA ... patients. The findings were presented at the 2006 American College of Cardiology 55th Scientific Session Conference in Atlanta Sunday. ...
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Enoxaparin Beats Unfractionated Heparin As Adjunct Therapy For ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... older, more widely used blood thinning strategy, according to a large international study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual ...
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St. Jude launches vascular seal United Press International - USA ... 550 patients, we believe that the improvements have been noticeable, particularly in interventional procedures," said Jack Martin, chief of cardiology at Main ...
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Probe into hospital baby deaths NEWS.com.au - Australia ... Charles Hospital's medical superintendent Dr Michael Cleary said the Norwood procedure was only one of three which babies with the congenital heart defect faced ...
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Their gift is a running tribute Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... She was 20. Last December, Jenna Johnson died of a non-detectable congenital heart defect while she was training for the LA Aids Marathon. She was 22. ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

The brave boy who inspired his classmates Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom A brave Ulster boy suffering from an incurable heart defect stood up in front of ... he decided to tell his school friends all about his congenital hypo-plastic ...
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A double miracle Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA ... David Babbitt, who ordered an ultrasound of Wilson’s heart. ... he would discover the birth defect known as parachute mitral valve, a congenital deformity of ...
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Baby deaths prompt Brisbane heart surgery review ABC Online - Australia ... medical superintendent Michael Cleary says the Norwood procedure is very complicated and only used for children who have a very severe congenital heart defect. ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Iraqi boy has heart surgery in Westchester The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA ... Ali Bassim Musslem's skin had a blue tinge because of a congenital heart defect that caused a hole between the two pumping chambers, among other abnormalities. ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

What is Heart Disease? Los Angeles Chronicle - CA, USA ... Congenital heart disease should be classified more accurately as an inborn defect that occurs in around 1% of births. Congenital ...
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Extra miles for a miracle Abington Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA ... Jakob was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a congenital defect where the left side of his heart was too small to support the organ’s functions. ...
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Community rallies for medical assistance: ‘She came through with ... 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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Infant undergoes heart surgery in Bangalore NDTV.com - New Delhi,India ... Bangalore. Born with a congenital heart disease called Tetralogy of Fallot, Khushboo is now fit and all set to go home. "The unique ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Hope for medically 'uninsurable' ? Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA ... with diabetes, heart disease or cancer. "Some of these people are in pretty good health, but they have some medical history, such as a congenital heart problem ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Foundation appeals to Mike Arroyo who had change of heart INQ7.net - Philippines ... "Robles, the eldest of four children of a financially handicapped couple, suffered from congenital heart disease. Had he not been ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Brave Rory tells pals why the doctor fixes his heart Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom ... Denise and Rory yesterday attended a major international conference at Malone Lodge on the care of children born with Congenital Heart Disease. ...
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Disabled orphans receive treatment Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China ... Operations and Rehabilitation for Disabled Orphans," launched in May 2004, promotes medical care for orphans suffering from congenital heart disease or lordosis ...
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Relief for the heart could also relieve the head Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA ... The procedure will close a congenital heart defect. ... "We regard migraine as a brain disease, but clearly the heart and cardiovascular system have an ...
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Sid salutes a giant among men Times Online - Auckland - New Zealand ... Then there was another world first in cardiac surgery on tiny babies born with congenital heart disease using a revolutionary technique of profound cooling ...
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15,000 Disabled Orphans Receive Rehabilitation Treatments in China CRI - Beijing,China ... and Rehabilitation for Disabled Orphans," launched in May 2004, has promoted medical care for orphans suffering from congenital heart disease or lordosis. ...
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Child heart problems later in life myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA ... of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, in New York, said adults who have a congenital heart disease, whether treated in ...
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US TV show offers miracle surgery BBC News - UK ... 12, and a 47-year old woman with degenerative bone and joint disease. ... Dr Burke, Chief of Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at The Congenital Heart Institute at ...
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          2006 - 20 Mars-March  )

Shore Heart Group organizes essay contest Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA The Shore Heart Group, a provider of cardiology services, is organizing its 10th annual essay contest. The competition for a $1,000 ...
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          2006 - 13 Mars-March  )

Angiomax better than other blood thinners: study Reuters - USA ... The latest trial "tested a population that generally was low-risk," said Dr. Eric Peterson, an associate professor of cardiology at Duke University. ...
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Horizon, Cardiologists Settle Dispute On Alleged Overpayments WNBC - New York,NY,USA The settlement, reached Wednesday, ends the case, which pitted the Medical Society of New Jersey and the American College of Cardiology's New Jersey chapter ...
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Mental Stress Effects On Heart More Common Than Previously Known Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... may still suffer silent ischemia during mental stress, according to a new study in the March, 2006, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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Community rallies for medical assistance: ‘She came through with ... 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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Disabled orphans receive treatment Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China ... Operations and Rehabilitation for Disabled Orphans," launched in May 2004, promotes medical care for orphans suffering from congenital heart disease or lordosis ...
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          2006 - 13 Mars-March  )

US TV show offers miracle surgery BBC News - UK ... 12, and a 47-year old woman with degenerative bone and joint disease. ... Dr Burke, Chief of Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at The Congenital Heart Institute at ...
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Child heart problems later in life myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA ... of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, in New York, said adults who have a congenital heart disease, whether treated in ...
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Imperial School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute ... AJRCCM (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... In this retrospective study, 86 children with PAH (idiopathic, associated with congenital heart or connective tissue disease) started bosentan with or without ... Imperial School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute ... AJRCCM (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... In this retrospective study, 86 children with PAH (idiopathic, associated with congenital heart or connective tissue disease) started bosentan with or without ... 15,000 Disabled Orphans Receive Rehabilitation Treatments in China CRI - Beijing,China ... and Rehabilitation for Disabled Orphans," launched in May 2004, has promoted medical care for orphans suffering from congenital heart disease or lordosis. ...
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Redefining How Heart Functions eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA The findings appear in the Jan. 3, 2006, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "Redefining how the heart functions ...
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Hole in Heart Does Not Make Stroke Inevitable eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA ... later in life. Findings will appear online on Dec. 9 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "In the general population ...
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Mental stress sparks silent heart effects United Press International - USA ... The researchers, reporting the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, said they did not know if the silent ischemia causes health problems and called ...
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Study: Presymptom aorta surgery better United Press International - USA Researchers at the Universitari Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona said following American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines for the ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Wichita cardiologists part ways, moving practices to city's SE ... Wichita Business Journal - Wichita,KS,USA Zepick is a member of Kansas Cardiology Consultants, where he works alongside Drs. G. Whitney Reader, Randee Lipman and Michelle Brown. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Hearing Examines South Korean Scandal's Effect on Stem Cell ... The Fact Is - New York,NY,USA ... from the Department of Health and Human Services said that many other scientific fields have been victims of research hoaxes including the field of cardiology. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Right axillary incision: Is it really superior to anterolateral ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... I commend them for using this in a wide array of congenital heart diseases, I ... in whom an anterolateral approach was used for atrial septal defect closure in my ...
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Department of Surgery, University Hospital and Children's Hospital ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... Minimal sternotomy approach for congenital heart operations. ... lateral thoracotomy for open heart surgery in ... thoracotomy for atrial septal defect closure in ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Child's Family Sues, Accuses Tripler Doctors Of Malpractice Hawaii Channel.com - Honolulu,HI,USA ... baby, according to the family. However, doctors found that Parker had a congenital heart defect that was treatable with surgery. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Alterations in plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels after ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... However, no study has yet determined the prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide after surgical intervention for congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Antegrade cerebral perfusion reduces apoptotic neuronal injury in ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... OBJECTIVE: Neonates with congenital heart disease might require surgical repair with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, a technique associated with adverse ...
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Disruption of the ventricular myocardial force-frequency ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... study describing the noninvasive acquisition of ventricular force-frequency relationships in children undergoing operations for congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Parents Unite To Tackle Congenital Heart Disease Medical News Today (press release) - UK A major international conference discussing care of children born with Congenital Heart Disease, hosted by the Department of Paediatric Cardiology and ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center and the University of ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... In addition, Dr. Myers is interested in expanding Le Bonheur's program to treat adults who have congenital heart disease. Pediatric ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Heart patient seeks aid New Vision - Kampala,Uganda ... Mariam Nalunkuuma. Doctors at the Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago said Barigye had a congenital heart disease. Financial assistance ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Medimmune Math Adds Up to Higher Value TheStreet.com (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... a prophylactic antibody vaccine against RSV infection for premature babies, children with chronic lung disease, and children with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

GlaxoSmithKline and Myogen Announce Pulmonary Arterial ... Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA ... may occur without an apparent underlying cause, or it can occur secondary to diseases such as connective tissue disease, congenital heart defects, cirrhosis of ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

For Karachi cardiologists, Chennai is first line of referral Hindu - Chennai,India His own son Saud Mohammed had undergone surgery for congenital heart disease at Frontier Lifeline hospital almost eight years ago. ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Rare cardiac surgery saves infant's life Hindu - Chennai,India ... surgery. While 8 per 1,000 live births have congenital heart disease, about 50 per cent of them are born with serious ailments. It ...
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          2006 - 09 Mars-March  )

Baby boy saved from fatal heart disease Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam ... from a serious congenital disease scientifically termed "coarctation of the aorta" which is a birth defect in which the major artery from the heart (aorta) is ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Vietnamese Baby Saved from Deadly Heart Disorder Cuban News Agency - Cuba ... was saved from a serious congenital disease known as "coarctation of the aorta", which is a birth defect in which the major artery from the heart (aorta) is ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Separation of Moroccan Twins Said a Success Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia ... It was further established that both twins have the congenital heart disease known as VSD or ventricular septal defect -- multiple holes in the wall ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

`Practical Pediatrics' comes to Seattle, Hilton Head in May AAP News (subscription) - USA ... Problem Cases in Pediatric Cardiology, with William A. Lutin, MD, Ph.D., FACC, FAAP, professor of pediatrics (cardiology), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Mother gets 5 years after son's 'illnesses' Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... Robert has spent most of his short life in a hospital. He was born premature, diagnosed as suffering from congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Women and heart disease Saga Health News - UK ... Coronary heart disease (CHD) kills over four times more women than breast cancer does. Heart and circulatory disease is the number ...
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Family's strength overcomes adversity Eagle Tribune - Lawrence,MA,USA ... and is legally blind in one eye. Daughter Kendal, 2, needed surgery for a congenital heart defect just days after she was born. ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

A matter of the heart CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India What happens when you are born with a heart problem? In About 1-100 babies are born with various heart defects, for congenital heart defect being one. ...
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Gasping for breath, baby waits 5 hours Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India ... For over five hours on Friday, as he struggled to breathe because of a congenital heart defect, hospital after hospital said they couldn't take the two-month ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

UNM, Stanford children's hospitals hold reunion for heart ... KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USABrain injury claim of £3m is rejected Star - UK ... While treating Miss Qureshi, who had been born four years previously with a congenital heart defect, he took the decision to reduce her diuretic medication and ...
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injury claim of 3m is rejected.lpf A healing place for children Israel 21C - Cupertino,CA,USA ... occasionally has patients from Saudi Arabia too, and last winter, an Iraqi teenager underwent surgery at Schneider to correct a congenital heart defect. ...
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... "We were not aware that she had the defect until she ... s Hospital partnered with Stanford to provide heart surgery for kids with congenital heart failure. ...
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A healing place for children Israel 21C - Cupertino,CA,USA ... Iraqi teenager underwent surgery at Schneider to correct a congenital heart defect ... needed for patients with thalassemia, a chronic blood disease prevalent among ...
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Cardiac MRI helps detect metabolic syndrome Manila Bulletin - Philippines ... It can also be used to detect other abnormalities such as congenital heart disease, tumor, myocarditis, pericardial disease, and right ventricular diseases. ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Virus can be dangerous for infants Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA ... virus, infants are more prone to serious cases, especially those born prematurely or those with other health problems, such as congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 06 Mars-March  )

Heart Run walkers honoring young heart disease victim Mid-York Weekly - Hamilton,NY,USA ... Dec. 13. Carville, the ninth of 10 siblings, was born with congenital heart disease and initially given less than a year to live. ...
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Stent can sub for some heart bypass United Press International - USA ... or medium-term complications compared with the group treated with bypass surgery," said Raj Makkar, director of the Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac ...
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          2006 - 01 Mars-March  )

MidCentral Signs Contract To Cut Cardiology Waiting Times newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand ... Health Board has signed a contract with Southern Cross Hospital that will cut the waiting time for more than 800 patients needing cardiology treatment in ...
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Patient, philanthropist, doctors saluted at gala Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA ... first honoree. He is the director of its adult congenital heart service and serves on staff in pediatric cardiology there. "I ...
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Another treatment for severe stenosis United Press International - USA ... compared with the group treated with bypass surgery," said principal investigator Dr. Raj Makkar, director of the Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac ...
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Risk for coronary heart disease in people with severe mental ... British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription) - UK Background Despite concern about the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in people with severe mental illness (SMI), there is little systematic research ...
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Patching Heart Repairs Central Florida News 13 - Orlando,FL,USA ... When she was just 8 years old, Deepa Sinha had an operation to correct a very common, but complex congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, a set of ...
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Backstreet Boy to take kids charity nationwide Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA ... that Littrell founded in 1998 in his hometown of Lexington, Ky., only months after he underwent open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect that was ...
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          2006 - 01 Mars-March  )

Texas Children's Heart Center Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,TX,USA ... technology to diagnose a complex heart defect in the ... underwent an 8-hour open heart surgery ... Congenital heart surgeon, Dr. Charles Fraser, reconnected the baby's ...
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Jumping rope to raise money Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA ... Rope for Heart, dedicating the event to a student born with a congenital heart defect. ... I think a lot of children, when they thing about heart disease, think of ...
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          2006 - 01 Mars-March  )

Backstreet Boy to take kids charity nationwide Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA ... engenders in a family, he wanted to do something to help children with heart disease -- a number higher than many might expect. Congenital heart defects are ...
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          2006 - 01 Mars-March  )

Children With Heart Defects Triumph Over Olympian Odds Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA ... there usually isn't with congenital heart defects. That's why it is important to fund more research, Peditto said, to find out why the disease happens and how ... See all stories on this topic
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International Health Service International News Service - Sydney,Australia ... congenital heart disease. He needs very expensive treatment. 'The mother took a cab straight from Heathrow to the casualty department of a London hospital. ...
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Benefits Of Mother's Milk For Premature Babies - Your Breast ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK Babies with medical problems since their birth, such as congenital heart disease, Down's syndrome, and many similar disorders develop immunity for such ...
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Patient, philanthropist, doctors saluted at gala Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA ... he treats adults at a children's facility because congenital heart problems are ... part of his career researching the effects of cardiovascular disease in the ...
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