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Valve Defined

A flap-like structure which by opening and closing allows a fluid to move in one direction only; valves help regulate blood flow.

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Editorial: Heart surgery in dire straits

Published September 4, 2008, 9:42 am, The New Zealand Herald

For many years Auckland's Green Lane Hospital was renowned throughout the country, and in the medical world, as a centre of excellence in cardiac surgery.

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Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval For PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Heart Valve

Published September 4, 2008, 8:08 am, Medical News Today

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna mitral heart valve. Edwards will launch the PERIMOUNT Magna mitral valve in the United States immediately.

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Heart op numbers collapse in Auckland

Published September 3, 2008, 9:59 am, The New Zealand Herald

The number of heart operations in Auckland has collapsed by a fifth since the nation's leading cardiac hospital shifted premises.

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DHB admits staffing error

Published September 3, 2008, 9:52 am, The New Zealand Herald

The Auckland District Health Board accepts it failed to do enough to maintain an adequate number of nurses in a key part of its heart surgery service.

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Warfarin gene

Published September 3, 2008, 7:37 am, WHOI Peoria

By Jen Christensen Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. Blood Clotting Blood clots form when blood cells clump together. When an injury occurs, blood can leak out from damaged blood vessels. The body senses the injury and forms clots to seal the area and prevent further blood loss.

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Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval for PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Heart Valve

Published September 3, 2008, 6:00 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the world leader in the science of heart valves, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna mitral heart valve. Edwards will launch the PERIMOUNT Magna mitral valve in the United States immediately.

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Robot-assisted cardiac procedures climbing

Published September 2, 2008, 12:39 pm, Knoxville News Sentinel

It was the promise of getting to use the da Vinci robotic surgery system, in part, that lured cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Everett to University of Tennessee Medical Center from the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center.

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement A New Frontier In Cardiovascular Medicine

Published September 2, 2008, 4:11 am, Medical News Today

Replacing heart valves without the substantial trauma of opening the chest and the heart were little known concepts until the groundbreaking pulmonary and aortic transcatheter valve replacements performed during 2000 and 2002, respectively by Philipp Bonhoeffer and Alain Cribier.

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La Porte Regional Health System offers support for those affected by heart disease

Published September 2, 2008, 2:12 am, The Times of Northwest Indiana

LAPORTE | La Porte Regional Health System (LRHS) offers a free support group for community members affected by heart disease.

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