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Successful Artificial Heart Surgery for Kids: Italy Health News

Helen Zachary — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:33:14 +0000

Want more heart care news? Check out the story below about a successful artificial heart operation in Italy which could prolong a young boy’s life. It reminds us of the story of Charles Okeke’s artificial heart. An unnamed Italian teenager underwent the first-ever permanent artificial heart transplant ever performed on a child, hospital officials say. …

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Type D Personality: Health and Heart Risks

Helen Zachary — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:48:47 +0000

Type D Personality: Health and Heart Risks. Are you a heart patient with a “Type D” personality? Then you have a greater risk of developing future cardiovascular problems such as peripheral artery disease, angioplasty or bypass procedure, heart failure, heart transplantation, heart attack or death and other cardiovascular problems. This was the finding of a …

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Stem Cell Heart Treatment: Amorcyte Inc

Helen Zachary — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:28:37 +0000

Stem Cell Heart Treatment: Amorcyte Inc. A small stem cell company based in Allendale, New Jersey has received what it calls the “the first U.S. patent in the industry to fully enable practical development of stem cell therapies for treating heart damage following a heart attack.” Amorcyte Inc. received the patent after its small study, …

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Celebrities Who Had Open Heart Surgery

Helen Zachary — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:52:05 +0000

What is open heart surgery? According to Medline Plus, open heart surgery “is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is done on the heart muscle, valves, arteries, or other parts of the heart (such as the aorta). The term ‘open’ means that the chest is ‘cut’ open.” Medline goes on to explain …

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