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Smart Heart: Recovering after a Heart Event
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Last Updated: 5:58 PM 03/12/10 - We're going inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute to look at how patients recover from a cardiovascular event. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Sleep and your Heart
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Last Updated: 5:49 PM 03/12/10 - We're teaming up with University Hospital to look at how important sleep is for your heart. (Full Story)
Smart Heart Expo provides health screenings, information for hundreds
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Last Updated: 2:09 PM 02/28/10 - Hundreds of people packed the North Augusta Community Center for University Hospital’s Smart Heart expo. They had the chance to get health screenings, learn how to recognize the warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, and spend time with some familiar News 12 faces. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Sharon Bolgla
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Last Updated: 10:11 AM 02/25/10 - Sharon Bolgla is all heart; her spirit is larger than life, helping her battle breast cancer and a heart attack just three months apart and all with a smile that's contagious. (Full Story)
New endowment created for heart disease education
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Last Updated: 3:16 PM 02/24/10 - Dr. Paul Cundey Jr. and his wife Katharine have donated $25,000 to University Health Care Foundation for the creation of a new endowment. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Knee surgery turns into double bypass
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Last Updated: 7:09 PM 02/24/10 - A routine knee surgery turns into anything but for a Grovetown woman. Turns out a would be procedure to help her walk indirectly saved her life. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Active, young father suffers heart attack
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Last Updated: 10:23 AM 02/23/10 - An active 29-year-old who works out every day at the gym, even on holidays, doesn't exactly fit the profile of men who suffer a heart attack. But that's exactly what happened to Ryan Paquette. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Danger hides in Evans man's heart
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Last Updated: 7:09 PM 02/23/10 - At 77, Lt. Col. George Ogles has seen the world...but what he and most technology couldn't see inside his heart almost killed him. (Full Story)
Smart Heart: Intervening in Heart Problems
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Last Updated: 5:48 PM 02/11/10 - In this week's Smart Heart segment, we continue our tour inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute. We're looking at how the hospital's Emergency Department intervenes for patients with heart problems.
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Smart Heart: A look inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute
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Last Updated: 4:32 PM 02/04/10 - We're taking you inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute to show you how they test and treat heart disease. (Full Story)
Peripheral arterial disease
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Last Updated: 12:46 PM 01/20/10 - P.A.D. is a systemic disease, and is the most common symptom of heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. (Full Story)
The effect of carbs on the heart
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Last Updated: 12:46 PM 01/20/10 - A new study shows food with lots of carbs can cause a heart attack. (Full Story)
Open heart backups
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Last Updated: 12:46 PM 01/20/10 - Without a backup system patients would have to transfer to another hospital facility where they can receive better treatment. (Full Story)
Plant-based, low-carb diet
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Last Updated: 12:46 PM 01/20/10 - Plant-based, low-carb diet may promote weight loss and improve cholesterol levels. (Full Story)
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