Heart Failure Treatment News
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Dec 22, 2008
Fort Worth Star Telegram
- On Dec. 2, the 26-year-old mother’s heart stopped when she experienced pregnancy-induced cardiomyopathy. Under the condition, which affects 1 in 3,000 pregnant women, the heart can’t pump normally. Most patients die, but Jackson did not.
Dec 5, 2008
Forbes.com
- Medical device maker Thoratec Corp. says clinical trial data shows its new HeartMate II pump is more effective than one of its older products in patients who are too ill to receive a heart transplant.
Oct 15, 2008
New Straits Times
- Clad in a blue skirt and a white top and jacket paired with a pair of white high-heeled shoes, a blue chain and a white slingbag, the teenager was every bit a fashionista as she flashed a confident smile at those present at a news conference organised by the National Heart Institute.
Sep 4, 2008
OSWEGO COUNTY NEWS
- Ken Whitney has had so many heart attacks that even a close family friend isn't sure whether it's been six or seven. He's also had at least four surgeries related to his heart, including two triple bypasses.
Aug 26, 2008
Investor's Business Daily: New America
- Heart transplants offer hope to more than 2,000 advanced heart failure patients each year. But roughly 250,000 people die from the chronic heart disease.
Aug 20, 2008
Contra Costa Times
- The heart of Chula Vista resident Debra Kinney was down to its last beats.
Jul 15, 2008
WAGA-TV CH 5 (FOX) Atlanta
- Adam Cooper was a healthy college senior until this Spring, when he caught a flu-like virus he just couldn't shake. Now, more than two months after he was hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital, Adam is finally hoping to go home.
Jun 30, 2008
Fox 43 News KTMJ-TV CH 43 (FOX) Topeka
- A St. Joseph man needs a heart transplant, but he's not eligible for one yet because he just quit smoking a few months ago.
May 15, 2008
KEYC TV - News 12
- Right now there are close to 5-million people in America suffering from heart failure. Many of these people would benefit from a heart transplant, but because most of them are over age 65, they're often not eligible for that life-saving operation. Now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are studying a device that could be the answer.
