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		<title>Runners&#8217; Heart Risks Seen as Overblown</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/12/runners-heart-risks-seen-as-overblown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Wall Street Journal, Jan. 12, 2012] Long-distance runners can breathe a little easier. Scattered reports of heart-related deaths during marathons and half marathons over the past few years have prompted questions about the safety of the events. But a study of participants over more than a decade found only a tiny risk of cardiac arrest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit set to inform electrophysiologists on Riata ICD lead recall</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/06/summit-set-to-inform-electrophysiologists-on-riata-icd-lead-recall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Business Wire, Jan. 7, 2012] Cardiovascular leaders will gather in Minneapolis for a one-day summit on Jan. 20, to review data for Riata and Riata ST implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads, which recently underwent a Class I FDA recall. The summit directors are Robert G. Hauser, MD, senior cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban and Rural Heart Attack Patients Fare Equally Well at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/22/urban-and-rural-heart-attack-patients-fare-equally-well-at-the-minneapolis-heart-institute-at-abbott-northwestern-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Northland Press, November 22, 2011] Heart attack patients who are transferred from rural hospitals do as well as patients who go directly to Abbott Northwestern for treatment, according to a study published in the November European Heart Journal. “We found that an organized regional heart attack care system can eliminate disparities in treatment between patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time of day affects heart attack severity</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/22/time-of-day-affects-heart-attack-severity/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/22/time-of-day-affects-heart-attack-severity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[UPI.com, November 21, 2011] The severity of a heart heart &#8212; and subsequent recovery &#8212; depends on what time of day the heart attack occurs, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Jay H. Traverse, a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and physician researcher with Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women, younger men under-treated before heart attack</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/16/women-younger-men-under-treated-before-heart-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/16/women-younger-men-under-treated-before-heart-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[HealthDay News, November 16, 2011] Women and younger men account for a large number of heart attacks in the United States but are less likely than older men to receive preventive medications that lower heart attack risk, a new study indicates. Researchers evaluated more than 3,000 heart attack patients treated at the Minneapolis Heart Institute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Marathon Runners Have Less Artery Plaque: Study</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/15/women-marathon-runners-have-less-artery-plaque-study/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/15/women-marathon-runners-have-less-artery-plaque-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[HealthDay News, November 15, 2011] Elite female marathon runners have less coronary artery plaque than their male counterparts and sedentary women, a new study finds. A recent Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation study found that elite male marathoner runners may have more coronary artery plaque than men who aren&#8217;t physically active, so the investigators decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effect of Intracoronary Delivery of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells 2 to 3 Weeks Following Acute Myocardial Infarction on Left Ventricular Function</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/15/effect-of-intracoronary-delivery-of-autologous-bone-marrow-mononuclear-cells-2-to-3-weeks-following-acute-myocardial-infarction-on-left-ventricular-function/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Journal of the American Medical Association] November 14, 2011 &#8212; A study that involved patients at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation found that giving patients stem cell therapy two or three weeks after angioplasty did not improve heart function. Cardiologist Jay Traverse, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and lead study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Screen all kids for high cholesterol</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/13/report-screen-all-kids-for-high-cholesterol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KMSP Fox 9, Nov.11, 2011] New recommendations supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics say all children between the ages of nine and 11 should be screened for high cholesterol, and again in their late teens. Allina Medical Clinic &#8211; Woodlake pediatrician Dr. Anne Valaas-Turner says the new recommendation reflect growing evidence that conditions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearts Beat Back: New Ulm restaurant food gets healthy makeover</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/26/hearts-beat-back-new-ulm-restaurant-food-gets-healthy-makeover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KARE-TV, October 24, 2011] Move over beer and brats. New Ulm restaurants will soon be known for their veggies and fruit, too. A project to end heart attacks in New Ulm is entering a new phase in November. The Turner Hall restaurant is just one of many revamping its menu as part of the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Heart Institute physicians perform less invasive experimental valve implantation</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/26/minneapolis-heart-institute-physicians-perform-less-invasive-experimental-valve-implantation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KARE-TV, October 21, 2011] As we age so can the valves in our heart. And until now, replacing those valves with open heart surgery has been considered risky for patients in their 80s or 90s, even if they are otherwise healthy. Well now a cutting edge but experimental procedure is being performed at Allina&#8217;s Abbott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golfer on top after heart scare</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/12/golfer-on-top-after-health-scare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Quad-City Times, Oct. 11, 2011] Never mind that Gene Elliott won the Iowa Golf Association&#8217;s Player of the Year title for the second time at the ripe age of 49. More impressively, perhaps, the former Bettendorf Bulldog won that title just more than a year after a heart condition kept his clubs in his trunk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. App, what are my chances?</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/08/14/dr-app-what-are-my-chances/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/08/14/dr-app-what-are-my-chances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, August 12, 2011] It&#8217;s a question that some patients are afraid to ask: What are my chances of dying on the operating table? Now, believe it or not, there&#8217;s an app for that. Dr. Frazier Eales, a heart surgeon at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, hadn&#8217;t seen the app, but he loved the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows high blood pressure affects young people</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/05/27/study-shows-high-blood-pressure-affects-young-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO-TV, May 25, 2011] Thirty percent of Americans have high blood pressure. Usually it’s a worry for older adults. But now there is reason to believe it’s a growing threat for young people. The University of North Carolina looked at data on more than 14,000 people, men and women, from ages 24 to 42 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-risk patients with ICDs show low spontaneous coronary event rate</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/05/11/high-risk-patients-with-icds-show-low-spontaneous-coronary-event-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Cardiology Today, May 10, 2011] The addition of high-fidelity intracardiac electrogram signals in implantable cardioverter defibrillators provided data indicating that high-risk CVD patients experienced low rates of spontaneous coronary events. “The events are shockingly low,” said study investigator Timothy D. Henry, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. “The results suggest that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardiac victims have better chance in Hennepin</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/05/04/cardiac-victims-have-better-chance-in-hennepin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, May 3, 2011] There are few better places anywhere to have a cardiac arrest than Hennepin County. And that&#8217;s no joke. According to a national registry that tracks cardiac survival rates, your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital are better in Hennepin County than almost anywhere else in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart of New Ulm Project showing results</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/07/heart-of-new-ulm-project-showing-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KEYC-TV, April 6, 2011] Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics&#8217; Heart of New Ulm project is already showing results. KEYC-TV in Mankato reports that the heart attack rate in the southern Minnesota community has already been cut by 24 percent. Watch the full story below.]]></description>
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		<title>Learning CPR: Simple and Easy</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/06/learning-cpr-simple-and-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, April 6, 2011] Learning CPR can save someone&#8217;s life and it&#8217;s never been easier to learn. Kim Harkins from Allina&#8217;s Heart Safe Communities project demonstrated to Fox 9&#8242;s M.A. Rosko as part of the American Heart Association&#8217;s Start Walking program and free CPR training this Saturday at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make defibrillator batteries last longer, Minneapolis study urges firms</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/06/make-defibrillator-batteries-last-longer-minneapolis-study-urges-firms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, April 6, 2011] Patients are living longer than ever with implantable defibrillators, so the Minnesota companies that make the devices should develop longer-lasting batteries. Those conclusions come from a study presented this week at a scientific meeting in New Orleans by Dr. Robert Hauser and colleagues at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart of New Ulm project shows early promise</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/06/new-ulm-heart-project-shows-early-promise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Mankato Free Press, April 5, 2011] A 10-year community initiative to prevent the occurrence of heart attacks in New Ulm has produced some early encouraging results. The Heart of New Ulm Project is sponsored by Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics&#8217; Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. A study shows a 24 percent drop in the number of acute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis researcher weighs in on NCAA heart deaths study</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/05/minneapolis-researcher-weighs-in-on-ncaa-heart-deaths-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Associated Press, April 4, 2011] The death of a Michigan teenage basketball player has renewed questions about what kind of heart checkup young athletes need to make the team, and a new study may influence that debate. The recurring debate is over whether to add routine EKGs to young athletes&#8217; pre-sports checkups. The goal is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota heart database sheds light on risk of sickle cell trait in young athletes</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/04/minnesota-heart-database-sheds-light-on-risk-of-sickle-cell-trait-in-young-athletes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, April 4, 2011] When highly trained young athletes die suddenly during physical activity, the usual cause is a heart condition. But researchers in Minneapolis have concluded that at least some of those deaths might be explained by the trait for sickle cell disease. The finding, presented Sunday at a scientific meeting in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hypothermia therapy may help cardiac patients</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/04/hypothermia-therapy-may-help-cardiac-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The Times of India, April 4, 2011] A new study has suggested that young adult patients with genetic heart diseases, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), could substantially benefit from hypothermia therapy. &#8220;Therapeutic hypothermia is an effective survival and neuroprotective treatment strategy increasingly employed in unconscious patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and restored spontaneous circulation,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ulm cuts heart attacks by 24 percent with preventive health</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/04/04/community-cuts-heart-attacks-by-24-percent-with-preventive-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Scientific American,  April 3, 2011] The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease. But for the past couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re on the Mended Hearts beat at Allina&#8217;s Mercy Hospital</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/03/30/theyre-on-the-mended-hearts-beat-at-allinas-mercy-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, March 30, 2011] Mended Hearts volunteers know how precious life and a few well-meaning words of encouragement can be. For 20 years, these former heart patients have been visiting new heart patients and their families at Allina&#8217; Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, offering living examples of what&#8217;s possible after surgery. Read the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Hands-Only CPR</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/02/23/learning-hands-only-cpr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[KSTP-TV, Feb. 23, 2011] It used to be it took hours to learn CPR. Now, the American Heart Association is promoting Hands-Only CPR. It&#8217;s so simple that Allina Medical Transportation medical director Dr. Charles Lick can teach it in just a couple of minutes. That&#8217;s what he did for KSTP news anchors Bill Lunn and [...]]]></description>
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