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• In Third World Countries Reused Pacemakers Are A Cost-Saving, Safe Option

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  Pacemaker reuse may be a safe, effective and ethical alternative to address the medical needs for people in Third World countries who couldn't otherwise afford therapy, according to a new study. Researchers examined pacemaker reuse compared with a control population of new device implantation in studies from Jan. 1, 1975 to July 1, 2009...
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• Clinical Study Confirms The Potential Of A Medication To Reduce Inflammation In Patients With Atherosclerosis

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  The results of a major clinical study carried out at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) by Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif are now available in the journal Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. Dr. Tardif is a cardiologist and director of the MHI Research Centre, as well as a professor in the faculty of medicine and holder of the atherosclerosis research chair at the Universite de Montreal...
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• Nationwide Smoking Ban Would Slash Heart Attack-Related Hospital Admissions, Lower Health Care Cost

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  A nationwide smoking ban would result in more than 18,000 fewer heart attack hospitalizations in the year following such a ban and millions of dollars in direct cost savings, according to a new study. Smoking is a well established risk factor for heart attack...
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• Increased Use Of Drug-Eluting Stents, ICDs Nets Higher Costs For Patients

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  Increased use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) between 2003 and 2006 netted significantly higher costs for coronary artery disease and chronic heart failure patients, researchers said. The increased use of these technologies also partly explained the growth in healthcare costs during these years...
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• VIA Pharmaceuticals And MHI Announce Publication Of VIA-2291 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor Clinical Study Data In Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

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  VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc...
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