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Experts Offer Clarity on Confusion Surrounding Stents  -  22 Feb 2008
Washington Post,When is heart bypass surgery smarter than getting a stent? These are the questions many heart patients are left asking themselves and their doctors,

COURTESY: SANTA MARGARITA WATER DISTRICT  -  22 Feb 2008
OCRegister,Johnson suffered from coronary artery disease and had his first heart bypass surgery in 1981. Last spring Johnson, who was also diabetic, had his third

Low-tech treatment draws politicians' interest  -  22 Feb 2008
Gazette Online,A retired businessman, Schmidt had heart bypass surgery in 1988 and 2000, but continued to have chest pain and other symptoms. Nearing the end of his seven

Suspended heart surgery drug linked to higher death risk, averse ...  -  Feb 20, 2008
The Canadian PressThe two different groups of researchers observed what happened to people who underwent heart bypass surgery, some of whom received aprotinin during surgery

Pamlico County commissioner recovering after bypass surgery  -  Feb 21, 2008
New Bern Sun Journal,Longtime Pamlico County Commissioner Roy Brinson is reported to be doing well at Craven Regional Medical Center after undergoing heart-bypass surgery

NOVADAQ's SPY System to be Featured During Live Broadcast of ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusiness...enables cardiac surgeons to visually assess coronary vasculature and bypass graft functionality during the course of heart bypass surgery.

Mike Wallace has triple bypass surgery  -  Jan 30, 2008
Baltimore Sun,Mike Wallace, the veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, is recovering from triple heart bypass surgery performed last week, CBS News said yesterday.

Mike Wallace recovering from triple heart bypass surgery  -  Jan 31, 2008
Foster's Daily Democrat,NEW YORK (AP) â€” Mike Wallace was recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week, CBS News said Tuesday. Wallace, who turns 90 this

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Features a ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
FOXBusinessThat's advantageous for patients during off-pump heart bypass surgery. "When we do bypass surgery on a beating heart, we press one part ofthe heart down so

Mike Wallace recovering from triple heart bypass surgery  -  Jan 29, 2008
KOLD-TV,AP - January 29, 2008 4:03 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News says Mike Wallace is recovering after triple heart bypass surgery last week.

Heart Bypass Surgery Proven Better Than Stents  -  Jan 24, 2008
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases,January 24 2008 - Results of a new study find that bypass surgery is a better alternative than stents when trying to clear more than 2 blocked arteries in

Wallace Still Ticking After Heart Surgery  -  Jan 29, 2008
E! OnlineThe iconic TV journalist is recovering nicely after triple heart bypass surgery late last week, according to a network rep. "Mike...has already taken his

Octogenarian aims for 100 after heart surgery  -  Feb 9, 2008
GulfNews,The only solution for anyone with his problem is heart bypass surgery, but surgeons met with a stumbling block with his case. At 88 years, Al Ka'abi was

Beating heart bypass at 88  -  Feb 3, 2008
XPRESS,...who performed the surgery on Sultan, says, â€œEvery beating heart bypass surgery carries an element of risk and this risk increases with age.

Randone Trasylol Litigation to Be Profiled on CBSâ€™ "60 Minutes"  -  Feb 16, 2008
WebWire (press release),The Food and Drug Administration asked the company to stop selling the drug, used to prevent excessive bleeding during heart bypass surgery,

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: da Vinci(R) S(TM) Coronary ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusinessVisit: http://www.or-live.com/PinnacleHealth/2120 to learn more about heart bypass surgery and view a program preview.

CBS newsman Mike Wallace recovers from surgery  -  Jan 29, 2008
Reuters UK,..."Mike is recovering nicely and has taken his first steps after undergoing heart bypass surgery late last week," a CBS News spokesman said.

Bayer's Trasylol safe for some heart patients-study  -  Feb 7, 2008
Reuters...and known generically as aprotinin, is designed to prevent blood loss in patients with an increased risk for blood loss during heart bypass surgery.

Siptroth returns to Harrisburg, seven weeks after suffering a ...  -  Feb 11, 2008
Pocono Record,Doctors performed heart bypass surgery the next day, and Siptroth has been recovering ever since â€” but not without mixing work into his rehabilitation

First Avandia Lawsuits Filed, Many More Expected  -  Feb 18, 2008
Newsinferno.com,One a man is suing GlaxoSmithKline in federal court, claiming Avandia caused him to undergo heart bypass surgery. Attorneys allege the drug maker should

Drugmaker Sued Over Diabetes Pill  -  Feb 13, 2008
CNNMoney.comInstead, Kelly says, the drug led to painful heart trouble and eventual heart bypass surgery in 2007. Kelly had more than 40 years in the auction business

New study discusses pros, cons of heart surgeries  -  Jan 24, 2008
WWBT,A new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine says heart bypass surgery is marginally more effective for patients with more than one

Therein beats a heart  -  Feb 14, 2008
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat,She received a heart transplant 10 years ago and she's been on the go since, even through her husband's quadruple heart bypass surgery several years after

A Red, White And Blue Litmus Test  -  Jan 29, 2008
Hartford Courant,Mike Wallace was recovering Tuesday from triple-heart-bypass surgery performed last week, CBS News said. Wallace, who turns 90 this spring,

Two county couples married for more than 50 years have cardiac ...  -  Feb 10, 2008
Ventura County Star,6, Dr. Tedesco performed heart bypass surgery. Adam, who had been worried about leaving his wife alone, now worried that she would leave him.

Cardiac surgeon dies  -  Feb 16, 2008
Salina Journal,He saved my life," said Terry Headrick, 64, Salina, who received heart bypass surgery from Braxton in October of 1999. Clinton Higby, 62, received a

Runner comes full circle after near-death event  -  Feb 17, 2008
Canada.com,Pungente subsequently underwent open-heart bypass surgery and started on the road to recovery. His story attracted media attention in stories that ran in

Sharing her heart  -  Feb 13, 2008
Houston Home Journal,...for her familyâ€™s Christmas, found herself having a heart catheterization, and then being told that her life depended on her having heart bypass surgery.

No sex please, Iâ€™m sick  -  Feb 16, 2008
Malaysia Star,He then underwent successful heart bypass surgery and upon recovery, decided to get married. However, in keeping with his greatest fears,

â€˜Voiceâ€™ of Finger Lakes Race Track dies  -  Feb 21, 2008
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,When Mr. Morton needed heart bypass surgery in 2005 and was sidelined for several weeks, Riegle recalls receiving many phone calls from OTB and on-track

CBS veteran reporter Mike Wallace recovering  -  Jan 29, 2008
Monsters and Critics.comBy M&C Smallscreen Jan 30, 2008, 1:54 GMT CBS veteran reporter Mike Wallace, 89, is recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week

Heart bypass best for multiple blockages  -  Jan 23, 2008
KVOA.com,AP - January 23, 2008 7:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new study says heart bypass surgery is still the best option for patients with more than one clogged

Mike Wallaceâ€™s triple bypass â€™a great successâ€™  -  Jan 30, 2008
Boston Herald,By Herald wire services Mike Wallace is recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week, CBS News reported yesterday.

DOT to promote wellness sector  -  Feb 18, 2008
Sun.Star,Heart bypass surgery in Asia costs around $10000 as compared to $60000 to $80000 in the US. In addition, gastric bypass surgery in the US can cost $10000 to

Wallace mending after bypass  -  Jan 30, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,AP Retired "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace is recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week in New York.

Risk assessment, screenings, preventive measures and healthy ...  -  Jan 29, 2008
Villages Daily Sun,Chernow, who has a family history of heart disease, had heart bypass surgery. â€œSurviving that, itâ€™s about diet and exercise for the rest of our lives,â€? he

On Medicine: My Life as a Statin Junkie  -  Jan 29, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,...(no one was talking much about LDL back then), and I wanted no repeat of 1983, when after months of chest pain I finally had open-heart bypass surgery.

Nerve bypass 'may end paralysis'  -  Feb 6, 2008
The Press AssociationThe procedure, successfully used in experiments with rats, worked on similar principles to heart bypass surgery, where veins from a patient's leg are used

FirstAlert: 6:10-7 PM Investrend / Bestcalls  -  Feb 20, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),David Letterman returned to The Late Show in 2000, over a month after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery. [FirstAlert was created by Gayle

Happy hearts celebrate their successes at Oconee facility  -  Feb 11, 2008
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),Bob Grousd, who moved to Oconee County in 1994, had triple heart bypass surgery in May 2005 at AnMed Health Medical Center and went through the Oconee

Math, computer teacher became an estate lawyer  -  Feb 20, 2008
Toledo Blade,Mrs. Hendel of Perrysburg Township had heart bypass surgery about eight weeks ago, and the cause of death is believed to be heart-related, her husband,

New questions on drug-eluted stents  -  Jan 24, 2008
Albany Times Union,...and a drug-eluted stent in their heart die at a higher rate than those who undergo heart bypass surgery, according to a University of Albany researcher.

Cost of care across the border  -  Feb 13, 2008
News 14 Carolina,...shows the 20-day mortality rate for patients undergoing heart bypass surgery is 0.8 percent -- the United States' national average is 2.9 percent.

IB Partner Marc Bern's Trasylol Case Profiled on 60 Minutes  -  Feb 17, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,...clinical study found the drug could be linked to a higher risk of death than other drugs used to prevent excessive bleeding during heart bypass surgery.

Screening and training for commercial human spaceflight  -  Feb 18, 2008
The Space Review,That group of people, she said, ranges in age from 22 to 88, and with varying medical issues, including heart bypass surgery in the last five years.

Today's news in health  -  Jan 24, 2008
Prince George Citizen,According to the first big study to compare heart bypass surgery with drug-coated stents, bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with

Jury told how faulty device changed lives  -  Feb 14, 2008
HeraldNet,In this case, Singh went into Providence Everett Medical Center for routine heart bypass surgery. The Vigilance monitor and catheter were used to measure

spinal injury breakthrough  -  Feb 6, 2008
Guardian Unlimited,Using similar principles to heart bypass surgery, where veins from a patient's leg are used to get around an artery blockage, scientists in the US have

Conveyor-belt cardiology puts profits first  -  Jan 29, 2008
MSNBCWhich is the best way to clear clogged arteries to the heart: bypass surgery or angioplasty with stents? Last week the latest study found that surgery still

Operating costs  -  Jan 27, 2008
News & Observer,So, now we know how much Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC pays for an average insured's heart bypass surgery: $57280. Assuming we don't suffer a heart

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