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Over the summer, Raymond Foster of Columbia found himself performing a complicated surgical procedure on an Iraqi policeman after the man was injured in a bomb blast.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.----St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced it has received approval for European CE Marking of its SJM Confirm™ implantable cardiac monitor , a compact device designed to detect atrial fibrillation and other abnormal heart rhythms.
The first ever National Heart Failure Audit today highlights the need for more NHS hospital trusts to submit information about patient care. As of March 2008, 105 of 147 trusts providing services had registered with the audit, which is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and run jointly by The NHS Information Centre and the British Society for Heart Failure.
Beaumont Hospital is to offer free heart screenings for all high school students in Oakland County from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. The last appointments are at 7:30 p.m. The heart screens look for evidence of preexisting heart problems, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the leading cause of sudden death in people under age 30.
An Illinois State Police trooper injured in a crash Friday was released from the hospital but is still recovering from a bruised heart.
These are dark days in Silicon Valley. The markets are unsettled. Joblessness is up. It's a rough patch for a place that was built on optimism. But sometimes in the midst of gloom it's wise to step back to take a look at what we've accomplished.
Hansen Medical, Inc., the global leader in flexible robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, announced today that it will release its financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 after market close on Thursday, October 23, 2008.
You receive an emergency call. A female has collapsed in the street. You arrive outside the nightclub to find a young female slumped against a wall. There is no other bystander in the area and the caller has left the scene. As you approach the patient you notice she is singing in a slurred fashion.
More than 85 percent of the Immaculate Conception High School student body made sure their hearts were OK during a screening program.
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