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			<title><![CDATA[When a valve wears out]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-03-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former First Lady Barbara Bush and actor-comedian Robin Williams this month joined the thousands of Americans who have come to need an artificial valve implanted to regulate the blood flow out of the heart to supply the rest of the body.

Bush, 83, had...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/pnr-heart-repair-breakthroughs-replace-surgeons-knife-20130325,0,2000406.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-25 06:18:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) &mdash; Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. 

Heart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hospital employees work to improve cardiac care for local patients]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-hospital-employees-work-to-improve-cardiac-care-for-local-patients-20130213,0,88571.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-13 13:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ron Petrunak remembers the wonder he experienced the first time he watched a heart catheterization in 1984. 

He said he still feels that &ldquo;wow factor&rdquo; as he watches the doctors and staff at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center moving forward in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Crowd: A heartfelt night at the BBC]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16 20:06:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It was a night of heartfelt giving at Newport's Balboa Bay Club & Resort.

The American Heart Assn.sponsored the 2012 Heart and Stroke Ball, and the crowd of some 400 guests gave and did so generously, as more than $550,000 was raised.

The black tie...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Voice of the People, May. 27]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-05-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It was a night of heartfelt giving at Newport's Balboa Bay Club & Resort.

The American Heart Assn.sponsored the 2012 Heart and Stroke Ball, and the crowd of some 400 guests gave and did so generously, as more than $550,000 was raised.

The black tie...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Meyersdale High School students 'dodge balls' to help others]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/da-ot-meyersdale-high-school-students-dodge-balls-to-help-others-20110327,0,6847289.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-03-27 21:19:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a creative, challenging and fun way to help others. Meyersdale Area High School students took to the dodge ball court recently for a competitive game to benefit trauma patients through the Conemaugh Health Foundation. 

&ldquo;I developed the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Crowd: Business leaders share dinner and directors awards]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-02-25 14:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It was arguably the most prestigious social event of the Southern California business community. 

On Feb. 17, some 450 executives from all over Southern California converged upon the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Laguna Niguel, for the 16th Forum for Corporate...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Data raise questions on FDA oversight]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-05-21 13:25:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When the medical device trade association AdvaMed petitioned the FDA to reclassify annuloplasty rings in 1997, it argued that data on adverse events involving the rings showed few problems, pointing out that just 465 events had been reported to the FDA...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Patients at heart of medical device issue]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-05-22 18:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Antonitsa Vlahoulis knew as she slipped into unconsciousness on the operating room table that her surgeon would choose which medical device she would receive to fix her leaky heart valve.

But when a warranty card arrived in the mail for the device...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heart-valve rings slip through FDA loophole]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-05-22 18:26:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you have a faulty heart valve and decide to get it replaced, a surgeon will implant an artificial one that has undergone rigorous examination by the Food and Drug Administration.

But if you choose the option recommended for most patients &#8212;...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New heart valve procedure for frail patients]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-09-23 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Thousands of older Americans who need new heart valves but are too frail to survive the surgery might soon get a chance at an easier option &#8212; a way to thread in an artificial aortic valve without cracking their chests.

The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big bucks for council candidates]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-07-29 19:16:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite the down economy and lack of hot-button issues in the city, Newport Beach City Council candidates raised nearly $140,000 in the first half of 2010.

The fundraising reports, the last of which were made public this week, show real estate...]]></description>
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