Doctors praise new support hose for hearts
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NEW ORLEANS - A simple fabric device that looks like fishnet hose but acts like support stockings helped weak hearts pump more efficiently and even shrink back to a more normal size, researchers reported at an American Heart Association conference.
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Frailer heart patients could benefit from an advance in keyhole surgery carried out for the first time in the UK.
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A "smart" shirt, incorporating   stainless steel threads, has been developed by European   scientists to monitor heart patients on the move.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful heart procedure last week to correct an irregular heartbeat, a procedure British Heart Foundation cardiologist, Professor John Camm described as &quot;a simple technique.
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U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Medtronic Inc's new drug-eluting heart stent, the first heart device of its kind to win U.S. approval in about 4 years.
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A study into how nerve signals change during a heart attack has been given a $190,000 boost by the National Heart Foundation. It is one of five Christchurch research projects to win grants from the foundation&#39;s
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The latest advance in heart failure treatment is an elastic mesh sleeve that squeezes enlarged hearts into a more normal shape and could stall progression of the deadly disease, a study reported Sunday.
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Federal regulators approved use of an artificial heart yesterday, marking the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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Donor hearts could make good scaffolding for new organs.
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A novel fabric mesh sleeve that works like a girdle to reshape enlarged hearts showed promise in treating patients with heart failure and will be submitted for U.S. regulatory approval this year, according to researchers and the company that makes the device.
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Clinicians claim that a new approach to tackling heart disease could save thousands of lives in Scotland.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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Giving a bear hug to his surgeon and a thumbs-up to other hospital staff, a 14-year-old boy went home for Christmas &#151; the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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Millions of chest pain and heart attack sufferers thought they were getting a phenomenal medical advance when tiny coils that ooze medicine were placed in their arteries to keep them from squeezing shut again.
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The CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Scientists have made two significant  advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage  caused to the heart after an attack.