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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>THI News</title><link>http://thia.sleh.com/</link><description>Texas Heart Institute news</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:50:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><generator>CommonSpot Content Server</generator><copyright>copyright Texas Heart Institute</copyright><item><title/><description>&lt;P&gt;August 17, 2010&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Doctors &amp;amp; patients: Watch for six signs of heart failure&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;As a follow up to Karen King's story [see below], THI cardiologist, &lt;STRONG&gt;Dr. Roberta Bogaev&lt;/STRONG&gt; advises catching heart failure early. Read the &lt;EM&gt;Houston Chronicle &lt;/EM&gt;"MedBlog": &lt;A href="http://blogs.chron.com/medblog/archives/2010/08/post_19.html"&gt;http://blogs.chron.com/medblog/archives/2010/08/post_19.html&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=THI_Dark&gt;See also on this website:&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;A id=CP___PAGEID=676,CHF.cfm,74| href="/HIC/Topics/Cond/CHF.cfm"&gt;Heart Failure&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;August 16, 2010&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;For heart patient, the beat is going strong&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Weariness gone, pump brings a year of vigor&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;Karen King, an LVAD patient, is featured along with THI cardiologist, &lt;STRONG&gt;Dr. Roberta Bogaev &lt;/STRONG&gt;and THI heart assist device pioneer, &lt;STRONG&gt;Dr. O.H. Frazier&lt;/STRONG&gt; in this &lt;EM&gt;Houston Chronicle&lt;/EM&gt; article:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7154584.html"&gt;http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7154584.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=THI_Dark&gt;See also on this website: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A id=CP___PAGEID=44217,vads.cfm,80| href="/HIC/Topics/Proced/vads.cfm"&gt;Ventricular Assist Device&lt;/A&gt; (LVAD)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;August 12, 2010&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dr. James "Mike" Wilson&lt;/STRONG&gt; to be presented &lt;EM&gt;Key to the City&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;ndash;Jena, Louisiana&amp;ndash;on August 20. Mayor McMillin, especially proud of native son, invites Dr. Wilson's friends to the ceremony. [See details in &lt;A id=CP___PAGEID=50471,Accolades.cfm,15| href="/AboutUs/News/Accolades.cfm"&gt;Accolades&lt;/A&gt;.]&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A id=CP___PAGEID=252777,2010-08-10news_carotid-LVAD.cfm,15| href="/AboutUs/News/2010-08-10news_carotid-LVAD.cfm"&gt;August&amp;nbsp;11,&amp;nbsp;2010 &lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;IMG id=||CPIMAGE:50099| title="Research news notice" height=18 alt="Research news notice" hspace=0 src="/AboutUs/News/images/research_news.gif" width=116 align=textTop border=0&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Improved Stroke Prevention Procedure Performed on Patient with Heart-Assist Device&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Doctors at THI perform carotid artery stent procedure on&amp;nbsp;patient implanted with an LVAD.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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