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Effect of Drinking on Heart Disease Risk Differs Between Men and ... Medscape (subscription) - USA NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 25 - The frequency of alcohol consumption is inversely associated with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) among middle-aged ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Sitaxsentan Improves Functional Class in Pulmonary Hypertension ... DG News - USA ... mg, and 300 mg versus placebo for the treatment of PAH of primary or secondary etiologies (due to collagen vascular disease or certain congenital heart defects ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   New findings in imaging described from the United Kingdom, Germany ... Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA ... information for a variety of clinical indications, which include ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, valvular dysfunction and congenital heart disorders ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   GIFT OF LIFE FOR LITTLE KAVISA Woking News and Mail - Woking,Surrey,UK ... Kavisa, aged 11, suffers from congenital heart disease and her condition meant that she could not walk far without becoming breathless. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Hospital to open patient-friendlier cardiology unit Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA STAMFORD -- With flat-screen TVs, earth-tone colors, wooden cabinets and an aquarium, Stamford Hospital's new cardiology unit tries its best not to look like a ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Dr. Paul Yu kept hearts beating strongly Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA ... He was an inspiring and respected teacher and a leader for his colleagues of the University of Rochester Medical Center and throughout the cardiology community ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Journalism scholar and teacher James Carey dies Boston Globe - United States ... As a boy, he suffered from a congenital heart defect that prevented him from attending school until he was high school age. Carey ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   He’s their miracle boy Mcalester News Capital - Mcalester,OK,USA ... Jordan was born with a congenital heart disease known as pulmonary atresia. ... “They did another heart cath and decided they were ... Then the defect is closed. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Comprehensive care for complex, high-risk pregnancies News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia ... of all pregnancies result in the birth of a baby with chromosomal anomalies like Down syndrome or structural anomalies such as congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Hospital dedicates Praxair Heart & Vascular Center Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA ... Dr. Andrew Keller, chief of cardiology, said the number of procedures the hospital is performing exceeds the state's projections, proving the care was needed. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Remote diagnosis for sick babies BBC News - UK ... This is the first time in the region that telemedicine has been used for real time remote diagnosis of congenital heart disease and could be used to diagnose ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   New study challenges Sharon's treatment Jerusalem Post - Israel New research at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in the US has questioned the need for surgery to close the congenital heart defect called foramen ovale - a small ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Afghan Child to Remain Intensive Care WJLA - Washington,DC,USA Doctors say the surgery to correct Umber Mohammed's congenital heart defect was successful, but because of his age he faces more risks during recovery. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Haitian girl in need of help Miami Herald - FL,USA ... Dr. Eliot Rosenkranz, director of congenital heart surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center ... ''Because of this defect, large amounts of ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   4-Year-Old Haitian Girls Needs Life-Saving Surgery NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA ... 4-year-old Haitian girl who suffers from a heart defect. ... In addition, two of her heart valves are ... the University of Miami's director of congenital heart surgery ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   VAD bridging to transplant can ensure typical postop survival in ... TheHeart.Org - New York,NY,USA ... In multivariate analysis, VAD implantation prior to 2000, female sex, and congenital heart disease emerged as significant mortality risk factors. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   What to Know About Aspirin Therapy KPHO Phoenix - Phoenix,AZ,USA ... that women are at high risk of cardiovascular disease when, in fact, they are," says Lori Mosca, MD, PhD, director of the preventive-cardiology program at ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Separated twins Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China Huang Jianlong, the younger brother, is weaker due to congenital heart disease, but doctors said his situation was still all right. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Eight Guyanese kids successfully operated on at Delhi's Heart ... NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India ... The foundation also financed one Indian girl child who had undergone open heart surgery for congenital heart disease. We hope and ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Heart assist pump shows promise for children awaiting transplant All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden ... eight percent had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy – a heart muscle disorder and 22 percent had congenital heart disease – a heart defect present at birth ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Experts on Migraine to Talk in Dublin Vhi.ie - Kilkenny,Ireland ... Dr Dowson is to speak about his research on the link between migraine and the 'hole in the heart', a common congenital heart defect affecting one quarter of ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Adult VADs Help Kids' Hearts HeartZine - London,UK 78% of these patients were suffering from cardiomyopathy and 22% had a congenital heart disease. Following the use of the devices ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Struggle ends for 2-year-old boy with heart disease Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA ... "He was our angel.". Dylan’s struggle began early. When he was just 2 weeks old, doctors diagnosed him with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Local mothers travel to Arizona to learn about heart screenings Sparta Independent - USA ... Robie Masterson was a few weeks shy of his fourth birthday when he died from an undetected congenital heart defect. Part of a set ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Adult Heart Pumps Help Kids Waiting for Transplant Forbes - USA ... Seventy-eight percent had a muscle heart disorder (cardiomyopathy) and 22 percent had congenital heart disease -- a heart defect that was present when they ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Matters of the heart Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam ... My wife fell down while riding a bicycle. Ninh weighed only one kilo, twenty five grams. On top of all that, Ninh had a congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   At Our Best Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA ... responses to left ventricular dysfunction, cardiac imaging and the development of non-surgical interventions for treating congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Blogging for fun and profit in China China Daily - China ... practiced. Nobody knew that he was allowed to have a second child because his 10-year-old son suffers from a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2006 - 26 Mai-May  )

  bt   Women Can Help Prevent Pregnancy Complications eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA ... A 400 microgram per day dose of folic acid can guard against spina bifida, congenital heart disease, spinal defects, miscarriage and still birth.
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Dylan Kissic walking, talking after stroke Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA ... His mother, Lisa, is by his side, Kissic said. Dylan’s heart trouble began at the age of 2 weeks when doctors discovered he had congenital heart disease. ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   NIEHS Researchers Link Gene Variation to Coronary Heart Disease National Institutes of Health (press release) - USA ... Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, found that a common genetic variation makes some people more susceptible to coronary heart disease (CHD).
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Cardiovascular Disease's Impact Varies According To Age, Gender ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK ... and the elderly. * A shift in the types of CVD deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) to other forms of CVD. * Out-of hospital ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   For children with congenital heart disease, N-BNP of limited use ... Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA ... diagnostic value of N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) plasma concentration in the peri-operative care of children with congenital heart disease (CHD ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   India has a serious heart problem Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India ... Thus, there could be 30 million patients with CHD and 14 million were in urban areas. “Going by the current projections, India ...
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  bt   Scottish women UK's worst for heart death Scotsman - United Kingdom ... This is something to celebrate - but it must not distract us from the big strides that still need to be made in tackling the root causes of CHD.". ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Local Doctors Close Hole In Afghan Boy’s Heart PakTribune.com - Pakistan ... repaired a heart defect in a second boy from Afghanistan who came to Florida for a live-saving operation to repair a congenital defect, hospital officials said ...
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  bt   Rare heart condition puts child's life in jeapordy Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA ... A congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome limits D’Alessandro’s activities, including any soccer his father thought his son would ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Afghan boy to receive live-saving surgery in the US Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township,MI,USA ... Mohammed Omar suffers from a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. This condition causes very poor blood flow and ...
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  bt   Kidd goes from patient to president as she helps plan Margaritas ... Daily News Journal (subscription) - Murfreesboro,TN,USA ... congenital defect, doctors were on the lookout for problems when Clayton was born. And sure enough, he, too, was diagnosed with the same heart defect. ...
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  bt   Benefit aims to raise $20,000 for baby with heart defect Journal Times Online - Racine,WI,USA ... She was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot - a congenital heart defect - the day after she was born, her mother Christine Lyle said. ...
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  bt   Qatari doctors help Sudan heart patients Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar ... Many of the children had ventricular septal defect (VSD), a congenital heart defect which results in holes between the two lower chambers of the heart, thereby ...
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  bt   Larry Hughes and his mother have unbreakable bond SI.com - USA ... But when Larry was seven, his parents had another son, Justin, who was born with a congenital heart defect and would undergo a heart transplant at age 10. ...
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  bt   Three decades later, Agent Orange still ravages Vietnam, GIs People's Weekly World - USA ... “I tried to put the Vietnam War on the back shelf when I returned home, but my first child was born with a severe congenital heart defect,” Shea told the ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Surgical management of aortopulmonary window associated with ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... MD e , Brian W. McCrindle, MD, MPH a , * Congenital Heart Surgeons Society. ... cardiovascular anomalies were common, including atrial septal defect (n = 13) and ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   A munificent maternal instinct San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA ... Melissa suffers from DiGeorge syndrome, a rare congenital heart disease that has saddled her with structural heart defects, making her prone to infection. ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   In pediatric congenital heart disease patients, BNP correlates ... Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease correlates closely with ventricular function. ...
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  bt   Mother helps 11 children through adversity Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo,MI,USA ... The little girl was eventually diagnosed with a severe form of Noonan syndrome, a condition that is often associated with congenital heart disease and short ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Baby girl needs help for heart surgery New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia ... Now he needs help for his own daughter. Three-week-old Moniessha Devi suffers from congenital heart disease, and Santharan is appealing for donations. ...
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          2006 - 15 Mai-May  )

  bt   Cardiovascular disease impact varies according to age, gender ... News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia ... any ailment of the heart or blood vessels and includes high blood pressure, CHD, heart failure, stroke and congenital defects. CHD refers to disease caused by ...
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  bt   Tony's riding high after a thrilling day with the RAF icBerkshire - Reading,England,UK ... rescue helicopter. Tony Mather, 18, was born with congenital heart disease, which makes him dizzy and short of breath. His trip ...
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  bt   ay-with-the-raf-name_page.html Fundraiser planned for baby with heart disease Tooele Transcript-Bulletin - Tooele,UT,USA ... He was transported to Primary Children's hospital the next day, where he was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. McRay remained in the hospital 10 days.
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  bt   New Heart Challenge For Hospitals StaffNurse.com - UK The NHS must come to terms with caring for thousands of adults with congenital heart disease, ministers warned today. As many as ...
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  bt     bt   Migraine link to heart defect Irish Health - Ireland ... in London will speak on research he has carried out which has indicated that there may be a link between migraine and a congenital heart defect present in 25 ...
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  bt   Moms share friendship through crisis Bristol Phoenix - Bristol,RI,USA ... heartfelt bond. The two women have become good friends, each sharing the experience of raising a child with a congenital heart defect. ...
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  bt   After heart surgery, Lotti returns to the circle ESPN - USA ... A coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart defect, or an abnormality that is present since birth and usually diagnosed early on in a person's life. ...
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  bt   Eagle River boy ready for heart transplant in California Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA ... He was born with half a heart -- the left side never developed fully (a congenital defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome). ...
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  bt   Europe heart care 'fails adults' BBC News - UK ... The finding is the latest conclusion from the Euro Heart Survey on Adult Congenital Heart Disease, which has looked at how care is being organised in Europe. ...
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  bt   UCI to reunite neonatal staff and patients OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA ... including those were born extremely prematurely, they weighed 16 oz. at birth, infants with congenital heart disease or malformations.
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  bt   The Thoracic Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, UK Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ... A century later virtually no structural abnormality of the heart—congenital, acquired or ... a club for those interested in surgery for heart disease, and those ...
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  bt   News briefs from around Florida Bradenton Herald - FL, United States ... Currently, only 200 surgeries are conducted, though the waiting list has roughly 16,000 patients suffering from congenital heart disease or rheumatic heart ...
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  bt   Morristown Memorial names cardiology chief Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA MORRISTOWN-- Dr. Frank W. Smart, an expert in congestive heart failure, has been named chief of cardiology at Morristown Memorial Hospital and vice chair of ...
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  bt   Noninvasive acquisition of ventricular force-frequency relations ... Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA ... study describes the noninvasive acquisition of ventricular force-frequency relationships in children undergoing operations for congenital heart disease. ...
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  bt   Care for Adults With Heart Defects Lacking in Europe Forbes - USA THURSDAY, may 27 (HealthDay News) -- European adults living with congenital heart disease receive inadequate care, and there are too few specialist centers ...
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  bt   Cardiology meet begins Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India ... Friday. The three-day meet is focussing mainly on the important developments and technological advances in interventional cardiology. ...
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  bt   Medtronic: Flaws in proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts MarketWatch - USA CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The federal government's proposed Medicare reimbursement changes that include severe cuts for certain cardiology devices contains ...
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