Heart

. The heart is a muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in the annelids, mollusks, and arthropods. The term cardiac means "related to the heart" and comes from the Greek καρδία, kardia, for "heart." The heart is composed of cardiac muscle, an involuntary muscle tissue which is found only within this organ. The average human heart beating at 72 BPM, will beat approximately 2.5 billion times during a lifetime of 66 years. (From the Wikpedia article Heart.)

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Recent Publications on Heart:
Mathematical modelling of intra-aortic balloon pump. Background: Ischemic heart diseases now afflict thousands of Iranians and...	21st November, 2009	Mechanical Engineering Department, Alberta University, Edmonton, Canada.	Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2009 Nov 18:1. DOI Direct Link
Relationships of BMI to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Differ by Ethnicity. The burden of cardiovascular risk associated with obesity...	21st November, 2009	[1] Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center,	Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Nov 19. DOI Direct Link
Combined Association of Lipids and Blood Pressure in Relation to Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study. BackgroundHypertension and dyslipidemia are highly prevalent in the...	21st November, 2009	Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of	Am J Hypertens. 2009 Nov 19. DOI Direct Link
Effects of age and counseling on the cardiorespiratory response to graded exercise. ABSTRACT: Purpose: to report on the normative cardiorespiratory response...	21st November, 2009	1Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta 2Health Audit	Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Nov 13. DOI Direct Link
Nutrition and exercise prevents excess weight gain in overweight pregnant women. PURPOSE:: To determine the effect of a Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle...	21st November, 2009	1R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation- Exercise & Pregnancy Laboratory, School	Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Nov 13. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Heart:
First Live Case in the U.K. Using Cappella's Sideguard(R) Coronary Sidebranch Stent at PCI Live	25th November, 2009		GALWAY, Ireland, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cappella, Inc. (Cappella), a medical device company developing dynamic solutions for the treatment of coronary bifurcation disease announced the first U.K.
Accumetrics to Present at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference	24th November, 2009	Accumetrics, Inc.	SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the VerifyNow® System, the first rapid and easy-to-use diagnostic system for measuring an individual
ATS Medical to Participate in the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference	24th November, 2009	ATS Medical, Inc.	MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products, announced today that it will participate in the
BridgePoint Medical(R) Receives European CE Mark for Stingray(R) and CrossBoss(TM) for Opening Completely Blocked Arteries	23rd November, 2009	BridgePoint Medical, Inc.	MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- BridgePoint Medical announced today that it received European CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) for its coronary and peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Crossing
Reportlinker Adds Holter Monitoring Systems - A Global Market Review	23rd November, 2009	Reportlinker	NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Holter Monitoring Systems - A Global Market Review http://www.reportlinker

BioNews Results for Heart:
Imaging Assess Arrhythmia and Cardiac Death Risk in Patients	Medicexchange.com:  Nov 21 2009 3:35AM Matching: heart
Vitamin D Deficiency May Significantly Increase Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease and Death	UK PRWire:  Nov 21 2009 4:54AM Matching: heart
Carvedilol in combination with ACE inhibitors may benefit cardiac patients	News-Medical.Net:  Nov 21 2009 6:33AM Matching: heart
Viagra helpful for children with heart defect	Fox 19:  Nov 21 2009 3:57AM Matching: heart
Family Partnership, Education Interventions Help Lower Heart Failure Patients Salt Consumption Through	MedIndia:  Nov 21 2009 6:16AM Matching: heart
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Heart Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7619413	Transmit-receive array for high field MRI
7620205	Method for characterizing shape, appearance and motion of an object that is being tracked
7620209	Method and apparatus for dynamic space-time imaging system
7620221	System and method for enhancing an object of interest in noisy medical images
7620227	Computer-aided detection system utilizing temporal analysis as a precursor to spatial analysis
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Companies working in the area of Heart from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database :
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Abiomed Incorporated Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) is a global technology leader focused on RECOVERING HEARTS AND SAVING LIVES. The Company's portfolio of heart support and recovery products and services offer healthcare... www.abiomed.com/        View full profile
Accredo Health Accredo Health, Incorporated ("Accredo") is a Memphis-based parent organization for a family of companies providing specialized contract pharmacy and related services beneficial to patients with... www.accredohealth.com/        View full profile
Adolor Corporation Adolor Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel prescription pain management products. Adolor's mission addresses a simple goal... www.adolor.com/        View full profile
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