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<title><![CDATA[Elanco's Consumer Advertising Campaign Raises Heartworm Awareness]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Replaces Left Ventricular Assist Devices in 7 Patients]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[With Total Artificial Heart, Two Patients Bridged to Transplant, Five Currently Waiting for a Matching Donor Heart
	TUCSON, Ariz., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aviir Diagnostics Laboratory In Collaboration With Cause;ology Sponsors "Purses from the Heart" Charity Event At The SLS Hotel In Beverly Hills]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Celebrity event features a live and silent auction of designer handbags; all proceeds will benefit heart disease awareness non-profit, Guard A Heart
	
	
	
	
	
	
	IRVINE, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviir, a biotechnology company dedicated to the prevention of cardiovascular disease ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CRN Reacts To New Study On Calcium And Heart Health]]></title>
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	WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the study published today in Heart Journal, "Associations of dietary calcium intake and calcium supplementation with myocardial infarction and stroke risk and overall cardiovascular mortality in the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 - Loss of Lipitor Market Exclusivities and Impending Patent Expirations of Plavix to Drive Generic Substitution]]></title>
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	NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
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<title><![CDATA[LearnSomething to Offer American Heart Association Courses]]></title>
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	TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --LearnSomething, a leading developer of eLearning content and recognized provider of learning platforms for retail and non-profit organizations, ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Christiana Care Health System Named to Elite Group in Heart Failure Research]]></title>
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	WILMINGTON, Del., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Christiana Care Health System is teaming up with Thomas Jefferson and Temple universities in Philadelphia ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Landmark Study Finds Expensive Catheter Procedure to Close Hole in Heart No More Effective Than Medical Therapy to Prevent Strokes]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[International multi-site randomized study led by Anthony Furlan, M.D. of University Hospitals Case Medical Center
	CLEVELAND, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients' hearts is no more effective than medical therapy in preventing recurrent strokes, according to a new study ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Being Born in Another Country May Protect Against Stroke for U.S. Hispanics]]></title>
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	NEW ORLEANS, Feb.21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research finds foreign-born Hispanics now living in the United States appear to be less likely to have a stroke compared to non-Hispanic white people. The research was released today and will be presented at the American ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Emergency Department Admissions Down for Heart Attack -- Up for Stroke, New Report Says]]></title>
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	WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report released today by HealthGrades found that from 2008 to 2010, emergency admissions for heart attack decreased slightly (1.7 percent) for Medicare patients, but admissions for stroke increased by 2.2 percent. Heart attack and stroke were among the conditions ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First Patient Treated in CardioFocus HeartLight EAS Pivotal Trial]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[-- Up to 25 U.S. Centers to Investigate First Visually-Guided Catheter Ablation System for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation --
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<title><![CDATA[Cardiovascular Devices Market to 2017 - Minimally Invasive Techniques and Cardiac Prosthetic Devices to Drive Future Growth]]></title>
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	NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
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<title><![CDATA[Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) unit to come up at Star Hospitals]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Hyderabad, January 12, 201: Don't get stressed over heart surgeries. The heart surgery will be no longer as traumatic as it was before. Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries (MICS) are becoming the order of the day. The trend has been in place in the US and Germany, Europe and other western countries. Increasing number of patients are opting for these quick procedures that heal faster and involve no breaking of bones. 

 

STAR Hospitals is launching ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ASE Global: Focus on India elevates cardiovascular ultrasound through new technology while benefitting underserved population]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[January 5, 2012, Morrisville, NC: An exciting project spearheaded by The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) will utilize the latest technological innovations in the field to bring cardiovascular ultrasound to rural India. In late January, ASE will sponsor the travel of cardiovascular sonographers to a remote field in India, where an estimated 1.2 million people will gather for a meditation camp.  These sonographers and their Indian physician ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Builds on Surprise Finding that Common Cardiac Drugs May Improve Limb as Well as Cardiac Weakness]]></title>
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	Largest National Duchenne Organization Continues to Support Cardiac Health with Three New Grants in Duchenne Research to Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Research Institute
	HACKENSACK, N.J., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parent ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Middle East and Africa Cardiovascular Devices Market Outlook to 2017]]></title>
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	NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
	Middle East and Africa Cardiovascular Devices Market Outlook to 2017
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<title><![CDATA[HeartWare to Present at The Lazard Capital Markets 3rd Annual Circulatory Assist Device Day]]></title>
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	FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SYDNEY, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartWare International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTWR - ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the Million Hearts Initiative]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente joins a coordinated approach to preventing one million deaths from cardiovascular disease and strokes over the next five years.
	OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente announced today its support for the Million Hearts initiative, which aims to prevent heart attacks and strokes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Freeze and Desist: Disabling Cardiac Cells That Can Cause Arrhythmia]]></title>
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	Majority of Cryoballoon Ablation Patients Show No Signs of A-fib Year After Procedure
	CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is one such heart ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cardica's Cardiac Anastomosis Device Featured in Clinical Presentation on Robotic Cardiac Bypass Procedures]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[-- Presentation Showcases Dr. Husam Balkhy's Experience in Performing Over 200 Automated Anastomosis Connector Bypass Procedures --
	REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today reported that its C-Port (Regd)  Flex-A (Regd)  Anastomosis System will be featured in a clinical presentation ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[International Children's Heart Foundation to Expand Program in the Dominican Republic: Youth at Dr. Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital in Santo Domingo to Benefit]]></title>
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	MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF) announced today that they will be expanding and nationalizing their program in the Dominican Republic to include Santo Domingo beginning September 2011.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cardica Signs Distribution Agreement for MicroCutter in Japan]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[-- Century Medical Provides  (Dollor) 4 Million Loan Commitment for Distribution Rights --
	REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Century Medical, the company's distribution partner for its PAS-Port (Regd)  Proximal Anastomosis ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[1st Pediatric Total Artificial Heart Patient Discharged Home Using Freedom (Regd)  Portable Driver]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[18-Year-Old Jordan Merecka Leaves Texas Children's Hospital to Wait for Matching Donor Heart at Home Wearing Portable Power Supply
	TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Qualcomm and Life Care Networks Launch 3G Mobile Health Project to Help Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[- Project to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Smartphones in Health Care -
	BEIJING and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless Reach initiative, and Life Care Networks, along with the Community Health Association of span ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Patients Needing Heart Tests Should Talk to Their Doctors About Radiation-Free Diagnostic Options, Including Cardiovascular Ultrasound]]></title>
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	MORRISVILLE, N.C., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two recent publications, a Sentinel Alert on the dangers of medical radiation by The U.S. Joint Commission and an article entitled "The Business of Healing Hearts" published in the September issue of Consumer Reports magazine, could cause patients needing ]]></description>
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