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Hawaii coach Riley Wallace will be released from the hospital Thursday after having a stent inserted Wednesday into an artery that was 90 percent blocked, according to assistant coach Bob Nash.
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Alberto Salazar, the former champion marathoner, who collapsed over the weekend, had his condition upgraded yesterday to fair from serious. A cardiologist at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center said Salazar had a heart attack while coaching distance runners Saturday at the Nike campus outside Portland, Ore., a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Northwestern coach Randy Walker has an inflammation of the heart muscle and was hospitalized for a second day Tuesday. &quot;He&#39;s feeling much better today, resting comfortably,&quot; spokesman Mike Wolf said.
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The Natick medical devices company is using profits from its successful Taxus stent to expand into new areas. By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff | December 6, 2004.
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Football Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen , rated by many as the top high school recruit last winter, confirmed yesterday he underwent arthroscopic surgery in the spring to remove a bone spur from his throwing arm, but described the procedure as a minor setback. Coach Charlie Weis hasn't announced who -- Evan Sharpley , Demetrius Jones , or Clausen -- ...
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Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, had surgery yesterday to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. The lesion was detected last month during Selig&#39;s annual physical.
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A new type of heart "stent" has been developed to unblock diseased arteries and then dissolve without a trace.
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LOS ANGELES - "X-Men" star Patrick Stewart is recovering at home after undergoing an angioplasty procedure earlier this week to widen an artery, his publicist said Friday.    Angioplasty involves the use of catheters to place a small balloon in a narrowed blood channel...
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Washington Wizards&#39; coach Eddie Jordan was hospitalized yesterday after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his left leg, the team announced today.
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A cardiologist has resigned his staff privileges at an Eastern Shore hospital as officials continue to investigate whether he performed unnecessary stent procedures, officials said Wednesday. Dr. John R. McLean resigned his privileges at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. last Friday, citing visual impairment as a disability, hospital officials said.
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The Louisville freshman Clarence Holloway had open-heart surgery yesterday morning to repair a wall of his aorta and his aortic valve. Holloway, a 7-foot-1 center from Chicago, had the operation after a physical Friday found the heart condition, university officials said.
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US players score a poignant win for coach Mike Candrea, whose wife died just before the Athens Games began. By Ailene Voisin -- Bee Sports Columnist.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Skorich died late Saturday night with an apparent infection after undergoing recent heart-valve surgery.
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'He is stable now. He experienced chest pain due to exertion and high blood pressure but that has now been brought under control through medicines,' a doctor said.q
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Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning , 37, had surgery yesterday to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee and a quadriceps tear in the same leg. The injury, which he suffered Wednesday night in Miami's overtime loss at Atlanta, will almost certainly keep Mourning sidelined for the remainder of the season. Mourning said he plans to retire after ...
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Paul Pierce will be hospitalized for at least two days because of an infected left elbow, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said yesterday.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.