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   <title>About.com Heart Disease: What's Hot Now</title>
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      <description>These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is Heart Disease?]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/coronaryarterydisease/a/heartdisease.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What is heart disease?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heart Attack Signs]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/heartattack/a/heart_attack_signs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The most important step in surviving a heart attack is to recognize when you might be having one. Here is what to look for, and what to do about it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Treating a heart attack]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/heartattack/a/treat_MI.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The first few hours of a heart attack are critical in determining whether you survive without any serious long-term disability. Here's what you need to know]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[pump head]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/bypasssurgery/a/pumphead.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bypass surgery leaves some patients with permanent mental deficits]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heart Attack Checklist]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartattacks/a/MIchecklist.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A checklist of the medical care you should receive after after a heart attack]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[surviving a heart attack]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartattacks/a/MIlate.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How to prevent further problems after you survive a heart attack]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inflammation and coronary artery disease ]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/library/weekly/aa010101b.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflammation and coronary artery disease: risk factors for coronary artery disease herpes simplex virus c reactive protein coronary artery disease acute heart attacks]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Multislice CT Scans]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/coronaryarterydisease/a/multisliceCT.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Multislice CT scans, MSCT scans, are the latest in noninvasive imaging fo the coronary arteries]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[high risk for heart disease]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/riskfactors/a/highrisk.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What to do if you have high risk for heart disease]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cardiac conditions in women]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/chestpainangina/a/women_cardiac.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cardiac conditions that are diagnosed as &quot;anxiety&quot;]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[cardiac syndrome x]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/coronarydisease/a/CPP.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cardiac syndrome x as a cause of chest pain]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[coronary artery spasm]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/coronarydisease/a/CPO.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Coronary artery spasm as a cause of chest pain]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[HDL frontiers]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/cholesterol/a/hdlfrontier.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Major efforts are being made to find ways of raising HDL levels]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cardiac Enzymes]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/heartattack/g/CardiacEnzymes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cardiac enzymes - creatine kinase and troponin - are cardiac proteins that are released into the bloodstream when heart muscle damage occurs, as in myocardial infarction. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Treating UA and NSTEMI]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/heartattack/a/UA_NSTEMI_RX.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Unstable angina and NSTEMI - two closely related varieties of Acute Coronary Syndrome - are treated identically, with stabilization of cardiac ischemia, and usually with cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stenting.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EBT -  Ultrafast CT - scans]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/cardiactests/a/EBT_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Why doctors cant agree on the usefulness of EBT scans]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cardiac MRI]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/otherhearttests/a/cardiacMRI_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[advantages and disadvantages of cardiac MRI]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[EECP]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/coronarydisease/a/EECP_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Why doctors don't use EECP despite its effectiveness]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Robotic heart surgery - a status report ]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/library/weekly/aa060401a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[an update on the status of robotic heart surgery: robotic heart surgery coronary artery bypass surgery endoscopic surgery tiny incision annals of surgery]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Causes of Cardiomyopathy]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/livingwithheartfailure/a/dilatedCM_cause.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Numerous medical conditions can cause dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coronary artery disease]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/coronaryarterydisease/a/CADoverview.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An overview of coronary artery disease, its diagnosis and treatment]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[aortic dissection]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/coronarydisease/a/CPQ.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aortic dissection as a cause of chest pain]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[cardiac arrhythmias]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/arrhythmias/a/cardarrhy_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cardiac arrhythmias - ventricular tachycardia]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[cardiac risk factors]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/reducingcardiacrisk/a/9riskfactors.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[90% of heart attacks are determined by nine modifiable risk factors]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chest pain]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/symptoms/p/sychestpain.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chest pain]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[beta blockers for high BP]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/highbloodpressure/a/b_blockers_hbp.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Beta blockers found not useful as single drug therapy for uncomplicated high blood pressure]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[cholesterol triglcyerides]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/cholesteroltriglycerides/a/choltrirsk.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Articles about cholesterol and triglycerides]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[preventing heart disease]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/od/reducingcardiacrisk/a/preventheartdis.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Preventing heart disease]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Heart Disease Articles (MVP) ]]></title>
            <link>http://heartdisease.about.com/library/bltopten.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Top 10 heart disease articles: inappropriate sinus tachycardia metabolic syndrome x heart disease articles bundle branch block decent shape]]></description>
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