Man to leave hospital with heart device
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It took a record nine months in intensive care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, but a Kansas man will be back home Saturday, thanks to an experimental heart-assist device that keeps his heart pumping.
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Peter Houghton is grateful for his artificial heart. After all, it has saved his life.
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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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Jerry Seely left the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison on Wednesday with an eight-hour pass, essentially a test drive for the battery-powered device that was implanted in his chest
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday left the hospital where he had been undergoing heart tests after fainting during a rally last week.
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A device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure has been implanted in patients in the United States this month for the first time.
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LONDON : British Prime Minister Tony Blair left hospital for home after undergoing surgery to correct an irregular heart beat, according to live television reports from the scene.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been moved from a hospital's intensive care unit as he recovers from a heart attack, officials said Friday.
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An emergency angioplasty operation involves inflating a balloon inside a heart attack patient&#39;s blocked artery, opening it up quickly and restoring blood flow.
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A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of escort guards while being treated at hospital.
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Don Ho was released from a hospital Thursday following a two-week stay after having a new pacemaker installed.
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The decision marks the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--At St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, heart attack patients are receiving faster treatment.
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The heir to Nepal&#39;s threatened throne was expected to be discharged from hospital Wednesday nearly a week after suffering a heart attack, doctors said.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will be admitted to hospital today for an operation to correct a heart flutter. He committed to serve a full third term in office if he wins the next general election, and ruled out a fourth.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be treated in hospital Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat. Blair, 51, will be hospitalized for the treatment, which is done under local anesthetic.
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The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead last week for the Philips HeartStart, an automated external defibrillator (AED), to be sold over the counter without a prescription.