His son Albert, who was born with half a heart, had open heart surgery when he was only seven days old and has received ongoing treatment at Glenfield Hospital.
Half of all heart attack survivors have a damaged heart called low ejection fraction.
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A pacemaker device could help up to half of all heart failure patients live a more active life, researchers told the American College of Cardiology Tuesday.
As just one example of many, half of all heart attack survivors have a damaged heart and suffer from heart failure, a condition my father had and died from some decades ago.
Half of all heart disease patients don't even have high cholesterol, a fact that confounds the layman's myth that heart attacks are caused by cholesterol clogging up the body's plumbing like grease in pipes.
Cholesterol is clearly not the only risk factor for cardiovascular disease -- half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol -- but the accuracy of CRP as a predictor of cardiac risk has been disputed.
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The Wales fly-half was at the heart of their best play and found space for Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu to send Simpson-Daniel over for their opening try, which Robinson duly converted.
Two years later those who ate the Mediterranean diet had half the risk of heart attack and sudden cardiac death compared with those who stayed on the regular low-fat diet, even though their cholesterol declined only a modest 14%.
But they did find that people with anxiety had more than double the risk of heart disease and two-and-a-half times the risk of suffering a heart attack.
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Red wine gained its "heart healthy" reputation after a Danish study in 2000 found red wine drinkers had half the risk of dying from heart disease as nondrinkers.
After half a year recovering from heart problems, Cheney has been making the partisan politics rounds again.
One-third have heart disease and half suffer from three or more chronic illnesses.
In November, a tiny company called NitroMed unveiled results showing that its drug combo, BiDil, reduced deaths due to heart failure by half.
Owners Midland Heart said almost half of the one-bedroom apartments would be let as affordable homes to private tenants to help fund the project.
It showed that an aspirin a day reduces the incidence of heart attacks by half, and that the drug can also help to prevent thrombosis and strokes.
The highly rated half-back, deputising for Sean Long at scrum-half, was at the heart of St Helens' slick display with his passes creating openings for Flannery and Wilkin to score.
More than half (52%) considered heart disease as a 'quick way to go'.
But CJW Medical Center in Richmond, part of for-profit HCA chain, had stellar numbers: Its six-month mortality rate for heart valve patients was half the expected rate (7.6% versus 13.7%).
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In the late 1990s many doctors believed postmenopausal women could cut their risk of heart disease by more than half with daily doses of hormones.
The card's a bit pliable, with rubberized edges -- one gets the feeling you might be able to snap it in half, if you really had your heart set on it, but as it stands, it should hold up to more than a few aggressive sitdowns on your billfold.
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For smoking, the likelihood of a heart attack went up by nearly half (44%).
Brothers Henry and Robbie Paul - famous names for Britain's rugby league audience - were also at the heart of an outstanding first-half display by the Kiwis.
Mr. Fucarile, who has 5-year-old son, lost his right leg above his knee, has burns over half his body and has shrapnel near his heart, his family said at a tearful press briefing last week.
Simdax, which Abbott had licensed from Finland-based Orion Pharmaceuticals, could potentially help doctors provide relief a million-and-a-half times per year as patients suffer from heart failure that makes them extremely sick and short of breath.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disturbance, with over half a million sufferers in the UK. It increases the risk of a person having a stroke by five times and doubles the risk of death.
Some had even transformed themselves into heart muscle, beating away in over half the mouse embryos treated.
The 48-year-old man suffered a suspected heart attack five minutes into the second half of Kilmarnock's home match against Hibernian.
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