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Man Without Pulse for 96 Minutes Survives after CPR with Help of Capnography Senior Journal Mon, 02 May 2011 14:15 PM PDT May 2, 2011 - By all counts, the 54-year-old man who collapsed on a recent winter night in rural Minnesota would likely have died. He'd suffered a heart attack, and even though he was given continuous CPR and a series of shocks with a defibrillator, the man was without a pulse for 96 minutes. Catheterization recommended for treating pediatric heart conditions PhysOrg Mon, 02 May 2011 14:14 PM PDT Doctors should consider using catheterization as a treatment tool in addition to its established role in diagnosing children with heart defects, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. Belly Fat + Heart Disease Can Be Deadly: Study HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 02 May 2011 14:02 PM PDT MONDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Even normal-weight people with belly fat and heart disease have an increased risk of death compared to folks whose fat is concentrated elsewhere, a large, new study reports. Esperion Offers Results Of Five Studies Of Heart Drug CBS Detroit Mon, 02 May 2011 14:01 PM PDT Plymouth-based Esperion Therapeutics Monday announced the results from a Phase 1 study and four preclinical studies for its heart disease drug candidate ETC-1002. Initial results look promising. Fuel Cost Supplants Health Care As Chief CFO Worry CIO Mon, 02 May 2011 13:51 PM PDT Fuel prices and the Mideast political tumult appear at the heart of a dramatic fall-off in CFO optimism about corporate profit prospects, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch "CFO Pulse Survey." 'Muffin Tops' or a beer belly double heart disease risk Daily Mail Mon, 02 May 2011 13:48 PM PDT A U.S. study of patients with coronary heart disease found that a layer of flab around the stomach can be as dangerous as smoking a packet of cigarettes a day. Sandwich Monday: When Sandwiches Attack NPR Mon, 02 May 2011 13:39 PM PDT This week, we eat a deep-fried burger from Mother's in Baltimore, Md. The "Heart Attack" is a hamburger patty, stuffed with cheese, breaded and deep fried. Waist size predicts heart-disease death better than weight CNN Mon, 02 May 2011 13:23 PM PDT Doctors have long known that obesity increases a person's risk of heart disease, but in recent years the picture has grown more complicated. Chemical Found In Crude Oil Linked To Congenital Heart Disease redOrbit Mon, 02 May 2011 13:19 PM PDT Study shows fetal exposure to solvents may damage heart While it may be years before the health effects of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a new study shows that fetal exposure to a chemical found in crude oil is associated with an increased risk of congenital heart disease (CHD). The study, to be presented Saturday, April 30, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual ... Study: Heart patients with big tummies run twice risk of heart-disease death Pioneer Press Mon, 02 May 2011 13:18 PM PDT Heart disease patients have another reason to hate their love handles.

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